Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Seychelles

Obesity in adults in the Seychelles in 2024 — 33.9%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 24.7 pp.

2024 33.9% +0.9 pp vs 2023
World rank 156of 199
Period maximum 33.9%2024
Period minimum 9.1%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Seychelles, 1980–202401020304019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 9.1%1981: 9.4%1982: 9.8%1983: 10.1%1984: 10.5%1985: 10.9%1986: 11.3%1987: 11.7%1988: 12.2%1989: 12.7%1990: 13.2%1991: 13.7%1992: 14.2%1993: 14.7%1994: 15.3%1995: 15.9%1996: 16.5%1997: 17.1%1998: 17.7%1999: 18.4%2000: 19%2001: 19.6%2002: 20.2%2003: 20.8%2004: 21.5%2005: 22.1%2006: 22.7%2007: 23.2%2008: 23.8%2009: 24.3%2010: 24.8%2011: 25.3%2012: 25.8%2013: 26.3%2014: 26.8%2015: 27.4%2016: 28%2017: 28.6%2018: 29.2%2019: 29.9%2020: 30.6%2021: 31.4%2022: 32.2%2023: 33%2024: 33.9%
Change over the period: +24.7 pp Annual average: 0.56 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Seychelles 33.9%
World computed 16.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.7%
Eastern Africa computed 8.2%
High-income countries computed 24.8%
Obesity in adults — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 33.9 +0.9 pp
2023 33 +0.8 pp
2022 32.2 +0.8 pp
2021 31.4 +0.7 pp
2020 30.6 +0.7 pp
2019 29.9 +0.7 pp
2018 29.2 +0.6 pp
2017 28.6 +0.6 pp
2016 28 +0.6 pp
2015 27.4 +0.6 pp
2014 26.8 +0.5 pp
2013 26.3 +0.5 pp
2012 25.8 +0.5 pp
2011 25.3 +0.5 pp
2010 24.8 +0.5 pp
2009 24.3 +0.5 pp
2008 23.8 +0.6 pp
2007 23.2 +0.6 pp
2006 22.7 +0.6 pp
2005 22.1 +0.6 pp
2004 21.5 +0.6 pp
2003 20.8 +0.6 pp
2002 20.2 +0.6 pp
2001 19.6 +0.6 pp
2000 19 +0.6 pp
1999 18.4 +0.6 pp
1998 17.7 +0.6 pp
1997 17.1 +0.6 pp
1996 16.5 +0.6 pp
1995 15.9 +0.6 pp
1994 15.3 +0.6 pp
1993 14.7 +0.5 pp
1992 14.2 +0.5 pp
1991 13.7 +0.5 pp
1990 13.2 +0.5 pp
1989 12.7 +0.5 pp
1988 12.2 +0.5 pp
1987 11.7 +0.4 pp
1986 11.3 +0.4 pp
1985 10.9 +0.4 pp
1984 10.5 +0.4 pp
1983 10.1 +0.4 pp
1982 9.8 +0.3 pp
1981 9.4 +0.3 pp
1980 9.1

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.