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Somalia: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

13percent · 2024+46.1% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202413
202312.5
202212
202111.6
202011.2
201910.8
201810.4
201710
20169.6
20159.3
20148.9
20138.6
20128.2
20117.9
20107.6
20097.3
20086.9
20076.6
20066.3
20056
20045.7
20035.4
20025.2
20014.9
20004.6
19994.4
19984.2
19974
19963.8
19953.6
19943.4
19933.3
19923.1
19913
19902.8
19892.7
19882.6
19872.5
19862.4
19852.3
19842.2
19832.1
19822
19812
19801.9

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 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-30c (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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