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

5.60percent · 2024+93.1% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20245.6
20235.3
20224.9
20214.6
20204.4
20194.1
20183.8
20173.6
20163.4
20153.1
20142.9
20132.7
20122.5
20112.4
20102.2
20092.1
20081.9
20071.8
20061.7
20051.6
20041.4
20031.4
20021.3
20011.2
20001.1
19991
19981
19970.9
19960.9
19950.8
19940.7
19930.7
19920.7
19910.6
19900.6
19890.6
19880.6
19870.5
19860.5
19850.5
19840.5
19830.5
19820.5
19810.4
19800.4

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 (age-standardized %). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-obesity-adult (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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