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

36.80percent · 2024+13.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202436.8
202336.4
202236
202135.7
202035.3
201934.9
201834.5
201734
201633.5
201533
201432.4
201331.8
201231.2
201130.6
201030
200929.4
200828.8
200728.1
200627.4
200526.7
200426
200325.3
200224.6
200123.9
200023.2
199922.5
199821.8
199721.2
199620.6
199520
199419.4
199318.9
199218.4
199117.9
199017.4
198917
198816.5
198716.1
198615.7
198515.3
198414.9
198314.5
198214.1
198113.8
198013.5

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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