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Uganda: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

26.60percent · 2024+42.2% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202426.6
202325.7
202224.9
202124.1
202023.3
201922.5
201821.7
201721
201620.2
201519.5
201418.7
201318
201217.3
201116.6
201016
200915.4
200814.8
200714.2
200613.7
200513.1
200412.6
200312.1
200211.6
200111.1
200010.7
199910.2
19989.8
19979.5
19969.1
19958.8
19948.5
19938.2
19927.9
19917.7
19907.4
19897.2
19887
19876.8
19866.6
19856.4
19846.2
19836
19825.8
19815.7
19805.5

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). Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-25a (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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