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Costa Rica: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

33.40percent · 2024+27.0% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202433.4
202332.7
202231.9
202131.2
202030.5
201929.8
201829.1
201728.4
201627.7
201527
201426.3
201325.6
201224.9
201124.2
201023.4
200922.7
200822
200721.4
200620.7
200520.1
200419.4
200318.7
200218.1
200117.4
200016.7
199916
199815.4
199714.7
199614
199513.4
199412.7
199312.1
199211.5
199110.9
199010.3
19899.7
19889.2
19878.7
19868.2
19857.8
19847.4
19837
19826.6
19816.3
19806

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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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