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United Arab Emirates: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

70.10percent · 2024-0.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202470.1
202370.2
202270.4
202170.5
202070.6
201970.6
201870.7
201770.8
201670.7
201570.6
201470.5
201370.3
201270.2
201170
201069.7
200969.4
200869.1
200768.8
200668.4
200567.9
200467.4
200366.8
200266.2
200165.5
200064.8
199964
199863.2
199762.4
199661.5
199560.6
199459.7
199358.8
199257.9
199157
199056.1
198955.1
198854.2
198753.3
198652.4
198551.4
198450.4
198349.4
198248.4
198147.4
198046.5

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 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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