Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value was 21.4 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Southern Europe, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 21.4 million No for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Southern Europe peaked at 23.2 million No in 2011 and was at its lowest, 18.1 million No, in 2000.
Southern Europe ranks 29th of 36 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.1 million No | — |
| 2001 | 18.7 million No | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 19.2 million No | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 19.9 million No | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 20.5 million No | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 21 million No | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 21.6 million No | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 22.1 million No | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 22.6 million No | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 22.9 million No | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 23.1 million No | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 23.2 million No | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 23.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 23.1 million No | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 22.9 million No | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 22.8 million No | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 22.7 million No | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 22.5 million No | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 22.4 million No | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 22.3 million No | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 22.1 million No | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 21.9 million No | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 21.7 million No | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 21.6 million No | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 21.4 million No | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.66 million No | 18.1 million No | 22.9 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.82 million No | 22.3 million No | 23.2 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.74 million No | 21.4 million No | 22.1 million No | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Southern Europe?
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Southern Europe was 21.4 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2 million No in 2011.
- What is the lowest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.1 million No in 2000.
- How does Southern Europe rank for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value?
- Southern Europe ranks 29th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.