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

31.80percent · 2024+48.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202431.8
202330.7
202229.7
202128.6
202027.6
201926.5
201825.5
201724.4
201623.4
201522.4
201421.4
201320.4
201219.5
201118.7
201017.9
200917.1
200816.3
200715.5
200614.8
200514
200413.3
200312.6
200211.9
200111.3
200010.7
199910
19989.5
19978.9
19968.4
19957.9
19947.5
19937.1
19926.7
19916.3
19905.9
19895.6
19885.2
19874.9
19864.6
19854.3
19844
19833.7
19823.5
19813.2
19803

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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