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United Arab Emirates: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

30.30percent · 2024-1.3% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202430.3
202330.3
202230.2
202130.4
202030.5
201930.7
201830.8
201730.9
201630.9
201530.8
201430.7
201330.6
201230.5
201130.3
201030
200929.7
200829.3
200728.9
200628.4
200527.8
200427.1
200326.5
200225.8
200125.1
200024.5
199923.8
199823.2
199722.6
199622
199521.3
199420.5
199319.7
199219
199118.3
199017.7
198917.2
198816.6
198716.1
198615.6
198514.9
198414.1
198313.4
198212.7
198112
198011.4

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). Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-30c (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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