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Burkina Faso: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

23.60percent · 2024+48.4% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202423.6
202322.7
202221.9
202121
202020.2
201919.5
201818.7
201718
201617.3
201516.6
201415.9
201315.3
201214.7
201114.1
201013.6
200913
200812.4
200711.8
200611.2
200510.6
200410
20039.4
20028.9
20018.4
20007.9
19997.4
19987
19976.6
19966.3
19955.9
19945.6
19935.4
19925.1
19914.9
19904.7
19894.4
19884.2
19874.1
19863.9
19853.7
19843.6
19833.4
19823.3
19813.2
19803.1

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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