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

10.40percent · 2024+46.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202410.4
202310
20229.7
20219.3
20209
20198.7
20188.4
20178
20167.7
20157.4
20147.1
20136.7
20126.4
20116.1
20105.8
20095.5
20085.2
20075
20064.7
20054.4
20044.2
20033.9
20023.7
20013.5
20003.2
19993
19982.8
19972.6
19962.5
19952.3
19942.2
19932
19921.9
19911.8
19901.7
19891.6
19881.5
19871.5
19861.4
19851.3
19841.3
19831.2
19821.1
19811.1
19801

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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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