Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Türkiye

Obesity in adults in Türkiye in 2024 — 28.8%. Ranked 129 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 15.3 pp.

2024 28.8% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 129of 199
Period maximum 29.7%2017
Period minimum 13.5%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Türkiye, 1980–2024101520253019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 13.5%1981: 13.9%1982: 14.4%1983: 14.8%1984: 15.3%1985: 15.8%1986: 16.3%1987: 16.8%1988: 17.3%1989: 17.9%1990: 18.4%1991: 19%1992: 19.5%1993: 20.1%1994: 20.7%1995: 21.2%1996: 21.8%1997: 22.4%1998: 23%1999: 23.6%2000: 24.2%2001: 24.8%2002: 25.4%2003: 25.9%2004: 26.4%2005: 26.9%2006: 27.3%2007: 27.7%2008: 28%2009: 28.4%2010: 28.6%2011: 28.9%2012: 29.1%2013: 29.3%2014: 29.5%2015: 29.6%2016: 29.7%2017: 29.7%2018: 29.7%2019: 29.6%2020: 29.4%2021: 29.3%2022: 29.1%2023: 28.9%2024: 28.8%
Change over the period: +15.3 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Türkiye 28.8%
World computed 16.1%
Europe & Central Asia computed 21.1%
Western Asia computed 30.7%
Obesity in adults — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 28.8 −0.2 pp
2023 28.9 −0.2 pp
2022 29.1 −0.2 pp
2021 29.3 −0.2 pp
2020 29.4 −0.1 pp
2019 29.6 −0.1 pp
2018 29.7 −0 pp
2017 29.7 +0 pp
2016 29.7 +0.1 pp
2015 29.6 +0.1 pp
2014 29.5 +0.2 pp
2013 29.3 +0.2 pp
2012 29.1 +0.2 pp
2011 28.9 +0.3 pp
2010 28.6 +0.3 pp
2009 28.4 +0.3 pp
2008 28 +0.4 pp
2007 27.7 +0.4 pp
2006 27.3 +0.4 pp
2005 26.9 +0.5 pp
2004 26.4 +0.5 pp
2003 25.9 +0.5 pp
2002 25.4 +0.6 pp
2001 24.8 +0.6 pp
2000 24.2 +0.6 pp
1999 23.6 +0.6 pp
1998 23 +0.6 pp
1997 22.4 +0.6 pp
1996 21.8 +0.6 pp
1995 21.2 +0.6 pp
1994 20.7 +0.6 pp
1993 20.1 +0.6 pp
1992 19.5 +0.6 pp
1991 19 +0.6 pp
1990 18.4 +0.5 pp
1989 17.9 +0.5 pp
1988 17.3 +0.5 pp
1987 16.8 +0.5 pp
1986 16.3 +0.5 pp
1985 15.8 +0.5 pp
1984 15.3 +0.5 pp
1983 14.8 +0.5 pp
1982 14.4 +0.4 pp
1981 13.9 +0.4 pp
1980 13.5

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.