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Saudi Arabia: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

39.20percent · 2024+16.0% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202439.2
202338.8
202238.3
202138
202037.7
201937.3
201836.9
201736.2
201635.4
201534.6
201433.8
201333
201232.2
201131.5
201030.8
200930.1
200829.5
200729
200628.5
200528.1
200427.7
200327.3
200226.9
200126.6
200026.1
199925.6
199824.9
199724.2
199623.5
199522.9
199422.3
199321.7
199221.1
199120.5
199019.9
198919.3
198818.8
198718.2
198617.7
198517.2
198416.8
198316.3
198215.9
198115.5
198015.2

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 2026-11-12). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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