Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value was 10.2 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Middle Africa, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 10.2 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 7.4% on the previous year and up 96.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Middle Africa peaked at 10.2 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.8 million No, in 2000.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.8 million No | — |
| 2001 | 1.9 million No | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 2.1 million No | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 2.3 million No | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 2.5 million No | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 2.7 million No | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 3 million No | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 3.2 million No | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 3.5 million No | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 3.7 million No | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 4 million No | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 4.3 million No | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 4.6 million No | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 4.9 million No | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 5.2 million No | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 5.6 million No | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 6 million No | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 6.4 million No | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 6.8 million No | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 7.3 million No | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 7.8 million No | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 8.3 million No | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 8.9 million No | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 9.5 million No | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 10.2 million No | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.67 million No | 1.8 million No | 3.7 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.51 million No | 4 million No | 7.3 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.94 million No | 7.8 million No | 10.2 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 3 Brazil 48.7 million No compare
- 3 Türkiye 18.7 million No compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.5 million No compare
- 4 Pakistan 35 million No compare
- 5 Mexico 34.4 million No compare
- 6 Egypt 31.9 million No compare
- 7 Indonesia 23.6 million No compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 5.2 million No compare
- 8 Russian Federation 20.2 million No compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.5 million No compare
- 9 Nigeria 16.6 million No compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 4 million No compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Middle Africa?
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Middle Africa was 10.2 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8 million No in 2000.
- How does Middle Africa rank for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.