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

12.20percent · 2024+40.2% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.2
202311.8
202211.4
202111
202010.6
201910.3
20189.9
20179.6
20169.3
20159
20148.7
20138.4
20128.1
20117.9
20107.6
20097.4
20087.1
20076.9
20066.6
20056.3
20046.1
20035.8
20025.5
20015.2
20005
19994.7
19984.5
19974.2
19964
19953.7
19943.5
19933.3
19923.1
19912.9
19902.8
19892.6
19882.4
19872.3
19862.2
19852
19841.9
19831.8
19821.7
19811.6
19801.5

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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