Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Spain
Spain: Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value was 6.2 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Spain, 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 Spain is 6.2 million No, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Spain peaked at 8 million No in 2009 and was at its lowest, 6.2 million No, in 2000.
That places Spain 31st out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in Spain, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2 million No | — |
| 2001 | 6.4 million No | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 6.6 million No | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 6.9 million No | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 7.1 million No | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 7.4 million No | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 7.6 million No | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 7.8 million No | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 7.9 million No | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 8 million No | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7.9 million No | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 7.8 million No | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 7.6 million No | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 7.5 million No | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 7.3 million No | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 7.2 million No | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 7 million No | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 6.9 million No | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 6.8 million No | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 6.7 million No | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 6.5 million No | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 6.4 million No | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 6.3 million No | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 6.2 million No | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.19 million No | 6.2 million No | 8 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.4 million No | 6.8 million No | 8 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.42 million No | 6.2 million No | 6.7 million No | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Spain?
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in Spain was 6.2 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 8 million No in 2009.
- What is the lowest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2 million No in 2000.
- How does Spain rank for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value?
- Spain ranks 31st out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.