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Nigeria: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (age-standardized %)

13.70percent · 2024+45.7% since 2014

Age-standardized prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30) among adults. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1980 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202413.7
202313.2
202212.7
202112.2
202011.7
201911.3
201810.8
201710.5
201610.1
20159.7
20149.4
20139.1
20128.8
20118.6
20108.3
20098
20087.7
20077.4
20067.1
20056.7
20046.3
20036
20025.6
20015.2
20004.9
19994.5
19984.2
19973.9
19963.6
19953.4
19943.1
19932.9
19922.7
19912.5
19902.4
19892.2
19882.1
19871.9
19861.8
19851.7
19841.6
19831.5
19821.4
19811.4
19801.3

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 (age-standardized %). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-obesity-adult (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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