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Papua New Guinea: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

55.70percent · 2024+7.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202455.7
202355.3
202254.9
202154.5
202054.1
201953.7
201853.3
201752.9
201652.4
201552
201451.6
201351.2
201250.8
201150.3
201049.9
200949.4
200849
200748.5
200648
200547.4
200446.9
200346.3
200245.7
200145.2
200044.6
199943.9
199843.3
199742.7
199642
199541.3
199440.7
199340
199239.3
199138.5
199037.8
198937
198836.3
198735.5
198634.8
198534.1
198433.4
198332.7
198232.1
198131.4
198030.8

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). Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-25a (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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