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

41.80percent · 2024+8.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202441.8
202341.6
202241.3
202141
202040.7
201940.4
201840.1
201739.7
201639.4
201538.9
201438.5
201338
201237.5
201137
201036.4
200935.8
200835.1
200734.3
200633.5
200532.6
200431.7
200330.8
200229.8
200128.8
200027.8
199926.8
199825.9
199724.9
199623.9
199523
199422.1
199321.1
199220.3
199119.4
199018.6
198917.8
198817
198716.3
198615.6
198514.9
198414.2
198313.6
198213
198112.4
198011.8

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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