World Obesity Atlas 2025

World ObesityAtlas 2025 Overweight, obesity andnon-communicable diseases •New global, regional and national estimates of theprevalence of overweight and obesity in adults from2000 to 2030 •New estimates for the contribution of high body massindex to leading non-communicable diseases in adults •New comparisons of country policy responses and healthservice preparation •Plus 199 national scorecards for adult overweight,non-communicable disease, and policy responses March 2025 Source information compiled by Tim Lobstein,Jaynaide Powis, Rachel Thompson and RachelJackson-Leach. Additional material from the WorldObesity Federation Communications and Policyteams. Design by fuzzylimefuzzylime.co.uk © World Obesity Federation 2025. World Obesity Federation3 Waterhouse Square, 138-142 Holborn, London EC1N 2SW www.worldobesity.org#worldobesityatlas Suggested Citation:World Obesity Federation. World Obesity Atlas 2025. London:World Obesity Federation, 2025.https://data.worldobesity.org/publications/?cat=23 Acknowledgements: The World Obesity Atlas is a non-commercial publication byThe World Obesity Federation. The publishers are indebtedto the World Health Organization, the NCD Risk FactorCollaboration, The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation,the UN Population Division, the Tufts University (Global DietaryDatabase), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of theUN. None of these organisations is responsible for the use thathas been made of their data in the present publication. Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk have provided fundingto partially support the World Obesity Federation’s 2025 Atlas.Neither Eli Lilly and Company nor Novo Nordisk have had anycontrol or influence over the Atlas content or any materials/activities that were developed as part of this funding. All data are used with the owners’ permission or with CreativeCommons (4) consent. All rights reserved. For further details please see the methods and data sourcessection in Annex 1. Contents List of tables and figures 4 Foreword Changing systems, healthier lives: Voices Headlines from the World Obesity Atlas 2025 Section 1: Global overweight and obesity Global trends of high BMI in adultsNumbers and prevalence of high BMI in adults by WHO regionNumbers and prevalence of high BMI in adults by World Bank income groupsLifetime risk of high BMI Section 2: Non-communicable diseases and high BMI Global trends in NCDsThe relative importance of high BMI in the likelihood of developing four major NCDsPremature deaths and adult years of ill health attributable to high BMI by WHO regionPremature deaths and years of ill health by World Bank income level Section 3: Changing systems, healthier lives Health systems32Healthy environments34Food systems36Country comparisons: systems readiness37World Obesity Day 2025 – The time for collective action is now38 Section 4: Country scorecards Annexes Annex 1: Methods and data sources264Annex 2: National estimates for the life-time risk of high BMI in adulthood266 List of tables and figures Tables Table 1.1:Global estimates and projected numbers and prevalence of men and women (aged 20+)living with high BMI, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.2:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the African Region,2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.3:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the Region of theAmericas, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.4:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the EasternMediterranean Region, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.5:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the EuropeanRegion, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.6:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the South-East AsiaRegion, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.7:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the Western PacificRegion, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.8:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the World Bank LowIncome Group, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.9:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the World BankLow-Middle Income Group, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.10:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the World BankUpper-Middle Income Group, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 1.11:Numbers and prevalence of adults (age 20+) living with high BMI in the World Bank HighIncome Group, 2010, 2015 and 2030Table 2.1:Ranking of the top 15 risk factors for premature deaths from four major NCDs, 2021Table 2.2:Estimated number of premature deaths from NCDs, 2021Table 2.3:Ranking of the top 15 risk factors for adult years living with ill health due to four majorNCDs, 2021Table 2.4:Estimated number (millions) of adult-years living with ill health from NCDs, 2021Table 3.1:National Systems Readiness Indicators: Health coverage indicatorsTable 3.2:National Systems Readiness Indicators: Public health system readiness indicatorsTable 3.3