Prevalence of overweight in Kuwait
Kuwait: Prevalence of overweight was 77.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight in Kuwait, 1990–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/). Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2022, prevalence of overweight in Kuwait stood at 77.8%. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight in Kuwait peaked at 77.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 64.3%, in 1990.
That places Kuwait 8th out of 196 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 64.3% | — |
| 1991 | 65.3% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 66.2% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 67.0% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 67.8% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 68.6% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 69.4% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 70.2% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 70.9% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 71.7% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 72.4% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 73.0% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 73.7% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 74.2% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 74.7% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 75.1% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 75.5% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 75.8% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 76.1% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 76.3% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 76.5% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 76.7% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 76.9% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 77.0% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 77.2% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 77.3% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 77.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 77.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 77.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 77.7% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 77.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 77.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 77.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.1% | 64.3% | 71.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.7% | 72.4% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 76.5% | 77.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 77.7% | 77.8% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight in Kuwait?
- Prevalence of overweight in Kuwait was 77.8% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 77.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.3% in 1990.
- How does Kuwait rank for prevalence of overweight?
- Kuwait ranks 8th out of 196 countries with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of overweight rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as part of Prevalence of overweight (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.