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Bangladesh: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

29.90percent · 2024+67.0% since 2014

Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator NCD_BMI_25A. Annual figures for Bangladesh from 1980 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202429.9
202328.6
202227.4
202126.2
202024.9
201923.7
201822.6
201721.4
201620.2
201519
201417.9
201316.8
201215.7
201114.7
201013.8
200912.8
200812
200711.1
200610.3
20059.6
20048.9
20038.3
20027.7
20017.1
20006.6
19996.2
19985.7
19975.4
19965
19954.7
19944.4
19934.1
19923.9
19913.6
19903.4
19893.2
19883
19872.8
19862.7
19852.5
19842.4
19832.2
19822.1
19812
19801.9

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). Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-25a (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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