Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, percentage of total population, age group 18+, female (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
Origin
Arab Region
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540
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Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, percentage of total population, age group 18+, female (Arab countries,1990–2016)
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Algeria | 47 |
| 2009 | Algeria | 61.6 |
| 1997 | Bahrain | 61.5 |
| 1998 | Bahrain | 61.9 |
| 2000 | Bahrain | 62.5 |
| 2011 | Bahrain | 66.6 |
| 2012 | Bahrain | 66.9 |
| 2014 | Bahrain | 67.7 |
| 1993 | Comoros | 22 |
| 2015 | Comoros | 35 |
| 2009 | Djibouti | 41.5 |
| 2015 | Djibouti | 44.1 |
| 1992 | Egypt | 54.8 |
| 1993 | Egypt | 55.4 |
| 2002 | Egypt | 60.9 |
| 2009 | Egypt | 65.3 |
| 2011 | Egypt | 66.5 |
| 2015 | Egypt | 68.9 |
| 2016 | Egypt | 69.5 |
| 1996 | Iraq | 58.8 |
| 1998 | Iraq | 59.7 |
| 2000 | Iraq | 60.5 |
| 2007 | Iraq | 63.7 |
| 2008 | Iraq | 64.2 |
| 1991 | Jordan | 59.3 |
| 1993 | Jordan | 60.9 |
| 1997 | Jordan | 63.7 |
| 2000 | Jordan | 65.3 |
| 2009 | Jordan | 69.4 |
| 2010 | Jordan | 69.8 |
| 2013 | Jordan | 71 |
| 2016 | Jordan | 72.2 |
| 1990 | Kuwait | 67.7 |
| 1994 | Kuwait | 68.9 |
| 1998 | Kuwait | 70 |
| 2003 | Kuwait | 71.4 |
| 2004 | Kuwait | 71.7 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 72.3 |
| 2007 | Kuwait | 72.6 |
| 2015 | Kuwait | 74.9 |
| 1992 | Lebanon | 59.3 |
| 1994 | Lebanon | 60.3 |
| 2000 | Lebanon | 62.9 |
| 2004 | Lebanon | 64.5 |
| 2007 | Lebanon | 65.7 |
| 1992 | Libya | 59.8 |
| 2001 | Libya | 63.5 |
| 1991 | Mauritania | 23.7 |
| 1993 | Mauritania | 25.2 |
| 1994 | Mauritania | 26 |
| 2000 | Mauritania | 30.5 |
| 2012 | Mauritania | 39.5 |
| 2013 | Mauritania | 40.3 |
| 2016 | Mauritania | 42.3 |
| 1990 | Morocco | 45.8 |
| 1993 | Morocco | 48.2 |
| 1994 | Morocco | 49 |
| 1998 | Morocco | 52 |
| 2010 | Morocco | 60.1 |
| 2011 | Morocco | 60.7 |
| 2013 | Morocco | 62.1 |
| 2016 | Morocco | 64 |
| 1997 | Oman | 54.9 |
| 1998 | Oman | 55.5 |
| 1992 | Qatar | 64.4 |
| 1995 | Qatar | 65.8 |
| 1996 | Qatar | 66.2 |
| 2006 | Qatar | 69.9 |
| 2016 | Qatar | 73.3 |
| 1994 | Saudi Arabia | 62 |
| 1996 | Saudi Arabia | 63 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 66.8 |
| 2006 | Saudi Arabia | 67.6 |
| 2007 | Saudi Arabia | 68.1 |
| 1994 | Somalia | 22.1 |
| 2004 | Somalia | 27.8 |
| 2008 | Somalia | 30.4 |
| 2009 | Somalia | 31.1 |
| 2010 | Somalia | 31.7 |
| 2016 | Somalia | 35.9 |
| 1994 | Tunisia | 52.6 |
| 1997 | Tunisia | 54.8 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 63.7 |
| 2015 | Tunisia | 65.3 |
| 1991 | United Arab Emirates | 60.4 |
| 2001 | United Arab Emirates | 64.3 |
| 2006 | United Arab Emirates | 66.7 |
| 2010 | United Arab Emirates | 68.6 |
| 1992 | Yemen | 33.2 |
| 1993 | Yemen | 34 |
| 1996 | Yemen | 36.5 |
| 1997 | Yemen | 37.3 |
| 1998 | Yemen | 38.1 |
| 2003 | Yemen | 42.3 |
| 2005 | Yemen | 43.9 |
| 2010 | Yemen | 48.2 |
| 2012 | Yemen | 49.9 |
| 2014 | Yemen | 51.6 |
| 2002 | Syria | 56.5 |
| 2012 | Syria | 63 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, percentage of total population, age group 18+, female (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