Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in World
World: Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value was 928.6 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value in World, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
World recorded 928.6 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in World peaked at 928.6 million No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 344.3 million No, in 2000.
That places World 1st out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 World, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 344.3 million No | — |
| 2001 | 361.5 million No | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 379.2 million No | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 397.5 million No | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 416.5 million No | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 436.4 million No | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 457 million No | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 478.3 million No | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 500.1 million No | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 522.2 million No | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 544.3 million No | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 566.9 million No | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 589.9 million No | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 613.5 million No | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 637.9 million No | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 663.4 million No | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 689.8 million No | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 716.6 million No | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 743.9 million No | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 772.1 million No | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 800.8 million No | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 829.8 million No | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 860.6 million No | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 893.8 million No | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 928.6 million No | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 429.3 million No | 344.3 million No | 522.2 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 653.83 million No | 544.3 million No | 772.1 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 862.72 million No | 800.8 million No | 928.6 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in World?
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value in World was 928.6 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 928.6 million No in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 344.3 million No in 2000.
- How does World rank for number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value?
- World ranks 1st out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — value rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.