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

4.30percent · 2024+65.4% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.3
20234.1
20223.9
20213.7
20203.5
20193.3
20183.2
20173
20162.9
20152.7
20142.6
20132.4
20122.3
20112.2
20102.1
20092
20081.9
20071.8
20061.8
20051.7
20041.6
20031.5
20021.4
20011.3
20001.3
19991.2
19981.1
19971.1
19961
19951
19940.9
19930.9
19920.8
19910.8
19900.8
19890.7
19880.7
19870.7
19860.7
19850.6
19840.6
19830.6
19820.6
19810.6
19800.5

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 (age-standardized %). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-obesity-adult (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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