Share of adults who are obese in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of adults who are obese was 18.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of adults who are obese in Equatorial Guinea, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 18.8% for share of adults who are obese in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of adults who are obese in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 18.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 1980.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 129th 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 | 4.0% | 3.2% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 5.2% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.5% | 8.7% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 12.3% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 16.6% | 18.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.4849 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.6151 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.9926 °C (2026)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Democracy 3 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 7 (2025)
- Free country 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of adults who are obese in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of adults who are obese in Equatorial Guinea was 18.8% 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of adults who are obese recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 1980.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of adults who are obese?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 129th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of adults who are obese rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.