Overweight adults in Gambia
40.9%
% of adults (BMI ≥ 25) · 2022
139th highest of 196 countries
In 2012: 30.0%
Nearby in the ranking
- São Tomé and Principe 42.6%
- Lesotho 42.3%
- Botswana 42.0%
- Gambia 40.9%
- Singapore 40.7%
- Switzerland 40.6%
- Eq. Guinea 39.5%
More about Gambia
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About the data
Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
- Unit
- % of adults (BMI ≥ 25)
- Years
- 1990–2022
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (SH.STA.OWAD.ZS), CC BY 4.0