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Afghanistan: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

18.80percent · 2024+82.5% since 2014

Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator NCD_BMI_30C. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1980 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202418.8
202317.8
202216.9
202115.9
202015.1
201914.2
201813.4
201712.6
201611.8
201511
201410.3
20139.7
20129.1
20118.5
20107.9
20097.4
20086.9
20076.4
20066
20055.6
20045.2
20034.8
20024.4
20014.1
20003.8
19993.5
19983.2
19973
19962.7
19952.5
19942.3
19932.2
19922
19911.9
19901.7
19891.6
19881.5
19871.4
19861.3
19851.2
19841.1
19831
19821
19810.9
19800.8

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-30c (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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