Adult obesity in Botswana
In Botswana, 19.8% of adults were obese in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Botswana, 2024
19.8%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
Position in 2024
120th of 196
Adult obesity in Botswana over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of adults aged 18+. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.8% |
| 2023 | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 18.8% |
| 2021 | 18.4% |
| 2020 | 17.9% |
| 2019 | 17.5% |
| 2018 | 17.1% |
| 2017 | 16.7% |
| 2016 | 16.3% |
| 2015 | 15.9% |
| 2014 | 15.5% |
| 2013 | 15.1% |
| 2012 | 14.7% |
| 2011 | 14.4% |
| 2010 | 14.0% |
| 2009 | 13.6% |
| 2008 | 13.2% |
| 2007 | 12.8% |
| 2006 | 12.3% |
| 2005 | 11.9% |
| 2004 | 11.4% |
| 2003 | 11.0% |
| 2002 | 10.5% |
| 2001 | 10.0% |
| 2000 | 9.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 19.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 15.5%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
- Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Botswana has the 120th highest value.
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