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

23.60percent · 2024+37.2% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202423.6
202322.9
202222.3
202121.6
202021
201920.3
201819.7
201719.1
201618.5
201517.8
201417.2
201316.6
201216
201115.5
201014.9
200914.3
200813.7
200713.1
200612.6
200512
200411.4
200310.9
200210.3
20019.8
20009.2
19998.7
19988.2
19977.7
19967.2
19956.7
19946.3
19935.9
19925.5
19915.2
19904.9
19894.5
19884.2
19874
19863.7
19853.5
19843.2
19833
19822.8
19812.7
19802.5

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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