Share of adults who are obese in Cyprus
Cyprus: Share of adults who are obese was 23.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of adults who are obese in Cyprus, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of adults who are obese in Cyprus stood at 23.7%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of adults who are obese in Cyprus peaked at 23.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 1980.
Cyprus ranks 103rd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.3% | 12.7% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.8% | 14.3% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.9% | 18.0% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.5% | 21.8% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.5% | 23.3% | 23.7% | 5 |
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More reference data data for Cyprus
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.3996 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2713 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.8809 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.1512 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Consumer price index 119.37 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.8299 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Democracy 7 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of adults who are obese in Cyprus?
- Share of adults who are obese in Cyprus was 23.7% in 2024, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of adults who are obese recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 23.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of adults who are obese recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 1980.
- How does Cyprus rank for share of adults who are obese?
- Cyprus ranks 103rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of adults who are obese rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of adults who are obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Obesity is defined here as a body mass index (BMI) above 30. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.