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

14.30percent · 2024+10.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.3
202314.1
202214
202113.8
202013.6
201913.5
201813.3
201713.2
201613.1
201513
201412.9
201312.8
201212.7
201112.6
201012.6
200912.5
200812.4
200712.2
200612
200511.8
200411.6
200311.4
200211.1
200110.8
200010.6
199910.3
199810
19979.7
19969.5
19959.2
19949
19938.7
19928.5
19918.2
19908
19897.8
19887.6
19877.4
19867.2
19857
19846.8
19836.6
19826.4
19816.2
19806

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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