Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income)
World Bank (upper middle income): Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 was 46.78 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income) is 46.78, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income) peaked at 46.78 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 28.68, in 2000.
World Bank (upper middle income) ranks 71st of 156 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28.68 | — |
| 2001 | 29.35 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 30.03 | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 30.73 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 31.46 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 32.13 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 32.85 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 33.58 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 34.37 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 35.16 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 35.93 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 36.75 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 37.63 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 38.48 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 39.4 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 40.35 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 41.27 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 42.16 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 43.12 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 44.02 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 44.9 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 45.85 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 46.78 | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.83 | 28.68 | 35.16 | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.91 | 35.93 | 44.02 | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.84 | 44.9 | 46.78 | 3 |
Countries ranked near World Bank (upper middle income)
More health data for World Bank (upper middle income)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -12.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 15,756 (2100)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 188,319 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 4.14 (2024)
- Child deaths 68,982 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 6.38 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 119,337 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.25 (2024)
- Deaths aged 15 to 19 111,922 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 167,757 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income)?
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in World Bank (upper middle income) was 46.78 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 recorded in World Bank (upper middle income)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.78 in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 recorded in World Bank (upper middle income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.68 in 2000.
- How does World Bank (upper middle income) rank for prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25?
- World Bank (upper middle income) ranks 71st out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 rising or falling in World Bank (upper middle income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World Bank (upper middle income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 (Crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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