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Eritrea: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

14.30percent · 2024+27.7% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.3
202314
202213.6
202113.3
202013
201912.7
201812.4
201712.1
201611.8
201511.5
201411.2
201311
201210.7
201110.5
201010.3
200910.1
200810
20079.8
20069.6
20059.5
20049.3
20039.1
20028.9
20018.8
20008.6
19998.4
19988.2
19978
19967.9
19957.7
19947.6
19937.5
19927.4
19917.2
19907.1
19897
19886.9
19876.8
19866.6
19856.5
19846.4
19836.3
19826.3
19816.2
19806.1

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). Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-25a (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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