Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Central America
Central America: Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value was 45.4 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Central America, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Central America recorded 45.4 million No for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Central America peaked at 45.4 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.7 million No, in 2000.
Central America ranks 24th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Central America, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.7 million No | — |
| 2001 | 16.6 million No | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 17.5 million No | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 18.5 million No | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 19.4 million No | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 20.4 million No | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 21.5 million No | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 22.5 million No | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 23.7 million No | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 24.9 million No | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 26.1 million No | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 27.4 million No | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 28.7 million No | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 30 million No | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 31.4 million No | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 32.7 million No | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 34 million No | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 35.4 million No | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 36.7 million No | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 38.2 million No | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 39.5 million No | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 40.9 million No | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 42.3 million No | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 43.8 million No | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 45.4 million No | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.07 million No | 15.7 million No | 24.9 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.06 million No | 26.1 million No | 38.2 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.38 million No | 39.5 million No | 45.4 million No | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central America
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Central America?
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Central America was 45.4 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 45.4 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.7 million No in 2000.
- How does Central America rank for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.