Overweight adults in Maldives
52.5%
% of adults (BMI ≥ 25) · 2022
114th highest of 196 countries
In 2012: 39.8%
Nearby in the ranking
- Germany 53.8%
- Venezuela 53.5%
- Kazakhstan 53.1%
- Maldives 52.5%
- Bulgaria 52.0%
- Luxembourg 51.5%
- Papua New Guinea 51.4%
More about Maldives
Overweight adults in every country
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