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

31.10percent · 2024+31.8% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202431.1
202330.3
202229.5
202128.7
202028
201927.2
201826.5
201725.7
201625
201524.3
201423.6
201322.9
201222.2
201121.6
201021
200920.4
200819.8
200719.2
200618.7
200518.1
200417.6
200317.1
200216.5
200116
200015.6
199915.1
199814.7
199714.3
199613.9
199513.5
199413.2
199312.9
199212.6
199112.3
199012
198911.7
198811.5
198711.2
198611
198510.7
198410.5
198310.3
198210.1
19819.9
19809.7

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 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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