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

35.80percent · 2024+18.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202435.8
202335.2
202234.6
202134
202033.5
201932.9
201832.3
201731.8
201631.3
201530.7
201430.2
201329.8
201229.3
201128.8
201028.3
200927.7
200827
200726.3
200625.5
200524.7
200423.8
200322.9
200222
200121
200020.1
199919.2
199818.3
199717.5
199616.7
199515.9
199415.2
199314.5
199213.8
199113.2
199012.6
198912
198811.4
198710.9
198610.4
198510
19849.5
19839.1
19828.7
19818.3
19807.9

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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