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Botswana: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (age-standardized %)

19.80percent · 2024+27.7% since 2014

Age-standardized prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30) among adults. Annual figures for Botswana from 1980 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202419.8
202319.3
202218.8
202118.4
202017.9
201917.5
201817.1
201716.7
201616.3
201515.9
201415.5
201315.1
201214.7
201114.4
201014
200913.6
200813.2
200712.8
200612.3
200511.9
200411.4
200311
200210.5
200110
20009.6
19999.1
19988.7
19978.3
19967.9
19957.5
19947.1
19936.7
19926.4
19916.1
19905.8
19895.5
19885.2
19874.9
19864.7
19854.4
19844.2
19834
19823.8
19813.6
19803.4

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (age-standardized %). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-obesity-adult (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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