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Egypt: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

42.80percent · 2024+15.7% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202442.8
202342.4
202241.9
202141.4
202040.9
201940.4
201839.8
201739.2
201638.5
201537.8
201437
201336.2
201235.4
201134.6
201033.8
200933
200832.2
200731.4
200630.6
200529.9
200429.1
200328.3
200227.5
200126.7
200025.9
199925
199824.2
199723.3
199622.5
199521.7
199420.9
199320.2
199219.4
199118.7
199018.1
198917.4
198816.8
198716.2
198615.6
198515
198414.5
198313.9
198213.4
198113
198012.5

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 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-30c (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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