Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, percentage of total population, age group 18+ (Arab countries,1990–2016)
Percentage of defined population with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or higher.
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Arab Development Portal
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Arab Region
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Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, percentage of total population, age group 18+ (Arab countries,1990–2016)
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Algeria | 47.1 |
| 2001 | Algeria | 50.2 |
| 2002 | Algeria | 51 |
| 2005 | Algeria | 53.5 |
| 2011 | Algeria | 58.2 |
| 2016 | Algeria | 62 |
| 1993 | Bahrain | 53.8 |
| 2005 | Bahrain | 59.8 |
| 1991 | Comoros | 16.4 |
| 1994 | Comoros | 17.6 |
| 1996 | Comoros | 18.4 |
| 2002 | Comoros | 20.7 |
| 2010 | Comoros | 24.1 |
| 2014 | Comoros | 26.1 |
| 1990 | Djibouti | 28 |
| 1991 | Djibouti | 28.5 |
| 1995 | Djibouti | 30 |
| 1997 | Djibouti | 30.8 |
| 1999 | Djibouti | 31.5 |
| 2003 | Djibouti | 33.1 |
| 2011 | Djibouti | 36.4 |
| 2015 | Djibouti | 38.1 |
| 1990 | Egypt | 47.3 |
| 2003 | Egypt | 55 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 56.3 |
| 2015 | Egypt | 62.8 |
| 1997 | Iraq | 54.3 |
| 2007 | Iraq | 59.5 |
| 2010 | Iraq | 61.2 |
| 2013 | Iraq | 62.9 |
| 2014 | Iraq | 63.5 |
| 1995 | Jordan | 57.1 |
| 1999 | Jordan | 60 |
| 2004 | Jordan | 63 |
| 2006 | Jordan | 64.2 |
| 1991 | Kuwait | 62.5 |
| 1998 | Kuwait | 65.3 |
| 2002 | Kuwait | 67.1 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 68.5 |
| 2007 | Kuwait | 69.4 |
| 2016 | Kuwait | 73.4 |
| 1994 | Lebanon | 56.7 |
| 1997 | Lebanon | 58.5 |
| 2007 | Lebanon | 63.4 |
| 2009 | Lebanon | 64.4 |
| 2012 | Lebanon | 65.9 |
| 1992 | Libya | 53.6 |
| 2009 | Libya | 62.8 |
| 1992 | Mauritania | 19.1 |
| 1997 | Mauritania | 22.2 |
| 2005 | Mauritania | 27.3 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 29.2 |
| 2012 | Mauritania | 31.8 |
| 2014 | Mauritania | 33.1 |
| 1990 | Morocco | 41.3 |
| 1996 | Morocco | 46 |
| 1998 | Morocco | 47.5 |
| 1999 | Morocco | 48.2 |
| 2009 | Morocco | 55.2 |
| 2013 | Morocco | 58.2 |
| 1995 | Oman | 47.6 |
| 1999 | Oman | 51.1 |
| 2003 | Oman | 53.4 |
| 2005 | Oman | 54.6 |
| 2016 | Oman | 62.6 |
| 2009 | Qatar | 67.7 |
| 2010 | Qatar | 68.3 |
| 2011 | Qatar | 68.9 |
| 2015 | Qatar | 71.1 |
| 1996 | Saudi Arabia | 58.3 |
| 1998 | Saudi Arabia | 59.7 |
| 1999 | Saudi Arabia | 60.4 |
| 2000 | Saudi Arabia | 61 |
| 2006 | Saudi Arabia | 64.1 |
| 2007 | Saudi Arabia | 64.7 |
| 2011 | Saudi Arabia | 66.9 |
| 2016 | Saudi Arabia | 69.7 |
| 1991 | Somalia | 16.2 |
| 1996 | Somalia | 18.2 |
| 1997 | Somalia | 18.7 |
| 2001 | Somalia | 20.5 |
| 2016 | Somalia | 28.4 |
| 1997 | Tunisia | 48.9 |
| 2003 | Tunisia | 53.2 |
| 2010 | Tunisia | 57.8 |
| 2013 | Tunisia | 59.7 |
| 2015 | Tunisia | 61 |
| 1991 | United Arab Emirates | 53.3 |
| 2008 | United Arab Emirates | 62.8 |
| 1993 | Yemen | 30.5 |
| 1996 | Yemen | 32.5 |
| 2004 | Yemen | 38.7 |
| 2008 | Yemen | 42 |
| 2011 | Yemen | 44.5 |
| 1992 | Syria | 44.8 |
| 1998 | Syria | 48.8 |
| 2005 | Syria | 53.5 |
| 2008 | Syria | 55.7 |
| 2015 | Syria | 60.7 |
| 2016 | Syria | 61.4 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, percentage of total population, age group 18+ (Arab countries,1990–2016)
Percentage of defined population with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or higher.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
540
Source