Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in High-income economies
High-income economies: Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value was 282.3 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in High-income economies, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in High-income economies is 282.3 million No, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in High-income economies peaked at 282.3 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 162.3 million No, in 2000.
High-income economies ranks 3rd of 36 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 High-income economies, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 162.3 million No | — |
| 2001 | 168.5 million No | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 174.9 million No | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 181.3 million No | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 187.8 million No | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 194.2 million No | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 200.6 million No | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 207 million No | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 213.4 million No | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 219.4 million No | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 224.8 million No | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 230 million No | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 235 million No | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 239.7 million No | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 244.3 million No | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 248.8 million No | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 253.3 million No | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 257.3 million No | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 260.9 million No | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 264.5 million No | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 267.6 million No | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 270.3 million No | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 274 million No | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 278.4 million No | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 282.3 million No | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 190.94 million No | 162.3 million No | 219.4 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 245.86 million No | 224.8 million No | 264.5 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 274.52 million No | 267.6 million No | 282.3 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near High-income economies
More agriculture & rural data for High-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,513 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,934 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 9 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 24.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.4 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 4 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 58,335 Int$/cap (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,578 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 17.4 % (2023)
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 140 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in High-income economies?
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in High-income economies was 282.3 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 High-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 282.3 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in High-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 162.3 million No in 2000.
- How does High-income economies rank for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value?
- High-income economies ranks 3rd out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value rising or falling in High-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High-income economies 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.