Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Morocco

Obesity in adults in Morocco in 2024 — 21.6%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 15.5 pp.

2024 21.6% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 90of 199
Period maximum 21.6%2024
Period minimum 6%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Morocco, 1980–2024010203019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 6%1981: 6.2%1982: 6.4%1983: 6.6%1984: 6.8%1985: 7%1986: 7.2%1987: 7.4%1988: 7.6%1989: 7.9%1990: 8.1%1991: 8.4%1992: 8.6%1993: 8.9%1994: 9.2%1995: 9.5%1996: 9.9%1997: 10.2%1998: 10.6%1999: 11%2000: 11.4%2001: 11.8%2002: 12.2%2003: 12.7%2004: 13.1%2005: 13.5%2006: 14%2007: 14.4%2008: 14.9%2009: 15.4%2010: 15.8%2011: 16.3%2012: 16.8%2013: 17.2%2014: 17.7%2015: 18.2%2016: 18.6%2017: 19%2018: 19.4%2019: 19.8%2020: 20.1%2021: 20.5%2022: 20.8%2023: 21.2%2024: 21.6%
Change over the period: +15.5 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Morocco

Morocco 21.6%
World computed 16.1%
Northern Africa computed 31.3%
Obesity in adults — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.6 +0.4 pp
2023 21.2 +0.4 pp
2022 20.8 +0.3 pp
2021 20.5 +0.3 pp
2020 20.1 +0.4 pp
2019 19.8 +0.4 pp
2018 19.4 +0.4 pp
2017 19 +0.4 pp
2016 18.6 +0.5 pp
2015 18.2 +0.5 pp
2014 17.7 +0.5 pp
2013 17.2 +0.5 pp
2012 16.8 +0.5 pp
2011 16.3 +0.5 pp
2010 15.8 +0.5 pp
2009 15.4 +0.5 pp
2008 14.9 +0.5 pp
2007 14.4 +0.4 pp
2006 14 +0.4 pp
2005 13.5 +0.4 pp
2004 13.1 +0.4 pp
2003 12.7 +0.4 pp
2002 12.2 +0.4 pp
2001 11.8 +0.4 pp
2000 11.4 +0.4 pp
1999 11 +0.4 pp
1998 10.6 +0.4 pp
1997 10.2 +0.3 pp
1996 9.9 +0.3 pp
1995 9.5 +0.3 pp
1994 9.2 +0.3 pp
1993 8.9 +0.3 pp
1992 8.6 +0.3 pp
1991 8.4 +0.3 pp
1990 8.1 +0.3 pp
1989 7.9 +0.2 pp
1988 7.6 +0.2 pp
1987 7.4 +0.2 pp
1986 7.2 +0.2 pp
1985 7 +0.2 pp
1984 6.8 +0.2 pp
1983 6.6 +0.2 pp
1982 6.4 +0.2 pp
1981 6.2 +0.2 pp
1980 6

Northern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 30 kg/m² and above. The series has been kept since 1980 and shows one of the fastest changes in the health of populations in the whole history of observation: in most countries the share has grown two- to threefold. The top of the ranking is held not by rich countries, as one might expect, but by the islands of Oceania and the Persian Gulf, where the shift to purchased food happened within one generation.

Important: The aggregate by country group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one: the share of adults differs between countries by a factor of about 1.5, so young countries get a slightly larger weight than they should.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.