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Iran, Islamic Republic of: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

61.40percent · 2024+9.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202461.4
202360.9
202260.5
202160
202059.5
201959
201858.5
201757.9
201657.3
201556.7
201456
201355.4
201254.7
201154.1
201053.5
200952.9
200852.2
200751.6
200650.9
200550.3
200449.6
200348.8
200248
200147.3
200046.5
199945.7
199844.9
199744.1
199643.4
199542.6
199441.9
199341.2
199240.5
199139.9
199039.2
198938.5
198837.9
198737.2
198636.6
198536
198435.4
198334.8
198234.2
198133.7
198033.1

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). Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-25a (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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