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

12.10percent · 2024+44.0% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.1
202311.6
202211.2
202110.8
202010.4
201910
20189.7
20179.3
20169
20158.7
20148.4
20138.1
20127.9
20117.7
20107.4
20097.2
20086.9
20076.6
20066.3
20056
20045.7
20035.3
20025
20014.7
20004.4
19994.1
19983.8
19973.5
19963.3
19953.1
19942.9
19932.7
19922.5
19912.4
19902.2
19892.1
19882
19871.9
19861.8
19851.7
19841.6
19831.5
19821.4
19811.3
19801.3

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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