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Papua New Guinea: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

27.60percent · 2024+20.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202427.6
202327.1
202226.5
202126
202025.6
201925.1
201824.6
201724.2
201623.7
201523.3
201422.9
201322.5
201222.1
201121.7
201021.3
200920.9
200820.5
200720.2
200619.8
200519.4
200419
200318.6
200218.2
200117.7
200017.3
199916.9
199816.5
199716.1
199615.7
199515.3
199414.9
199314.5
199214.2
199113.8
199013.4
198913
198812.6
198712.3
198612
198511.7
198411.4
198311.1
198210.8
198110.6
198010.4

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 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-30c (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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