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Saudi Arabia: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

71.80percent · 2024+2.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202471.8
202371.7
202271.6
202171.5
202071.3
201971.2
201871
201770.8
201670.5
201570.3
201470
201369.6
201269.3
201168.9
201068.5
200968
200867.6
200767.1
200666.6
200566.2
200465.7
200365.1
200264.6
200164.1
200063.5
199963
199862.4
199761.9
199661.3
199560.9
199460.4
199360
199259.5
199159.1
199058.7
198958.2
198857.8
198757.4
198656.9
198556.5
198456.1
198355.7
198255.2
198154.8
198054.4

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). Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-25a (accessed 2026-11-12). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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