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Index / Health /
Overweight
This overview shows the percentage of population over the age of 15 with a BMI (Body Mass Index) at 25 or higher. 24.9 is considered normal weight. Overweight is a BMI over 25, obesity is a BMI over 30. Calculating a persons BMI is done this way
Weigh in kilograms²
divided by
Height in centimetres
The overview takes its data from World Health Organization. The number of obese are also included in the overweight table; hence the two figures shall not be added together. This table should be considered together with the overview of Malnutrition.
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Overweight |
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Obesity |
| MENA rank |
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Women |
Men |
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Women |
Men |
| 1. |
Sudan |
23% |
29% |
17% |
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3% |
5% |
1% |
| 2. |
Yemen |
27% |
29% |
25% |
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4% |
5% |
2% |
| 3. |
Algeria |
40% |
46% |
34% |
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9% |
13% |
5% |
| 4. |
Mauritania |
42% |
55% |
30% |
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13% |
23% |
4% |
| 5. |
Morocco |
43% |
55% |
31% |
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12% |
21% |
4% |
| 6. |
Iraq |
45% |
51% |
40% |
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12% |
17% |
7% |
| 7. |
Oman |
46% |
48% |
43% |
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11% |
15% |
8% |
| 8. |
Tunisia |
51% |
59% |
43% |
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19% |
30% |
8% |
| 9. |
Syria |
53% |
57% |
48% |
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17% |
22% |
11% |
| 10. |
Lebanon |
53% |
54% |
52% |
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20% |
25% |
15% |
| 11. |
Libya |
53% |
58% |
49% |
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17% |
23% |
12% |
| 12. |
Iran |
53% |
58% |
49% |
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19% |
27% |
10% |
| 13. |
Turkey |
57% |
66% |
48% |
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22% |
33% |
11% |
| 14. |
Israel |
57% |
58% |
57% |
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20% |
24% |
16% |
| 15. |
Jordan |
61% |
63% |
58% |
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28% |
36% |
20% |
| 16. |
Qatar |
61% |
64% |
58% |
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23% |
29% |
17% |
| 17. |
Saudi Arabia |
64% |
64% |
63% |
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28% |
38% |
23% |
| 18. |
Bahrain |
64% |
67% |
61% |
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28% |
35% |
21% |
| 19. |
UAE |
68% |
70% |
67% |
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32% |
39% |
25% |
| 20. |
Egypt |
69% |
74% |
65% |
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34% |
46% |
22% |
| 21. |
Kuwait |
74% |
79% |
70% |
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41% |
53% |
30% |
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Palestine |
N/A |
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