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

61.70percent · 2024+1.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202461.7
202361.7
202261.6
202161.5
202061.5
201961.4
201861.3
201761.2
201661.1
201561
201460.8
201360.8
201260.7
201160.6
201060.5
200960.3
200860.1
200759.8
200659.5
200559.1
200458.6
200358
200257.4
200156.7
200056
199955.1
199854.3
199753.3
199652.3
199551.3
199450.2
199349.1
199248
199146.9
199045.8
198944.6
198843.5
198742.5
198641.4
198540.3
198439.2
198338.2
198237.1
198136.1
198035.1

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

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