Share of adults who are obese in Eswatini
Eswatini: Share of adults who are obese was 27.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of adults who are obese in Eswatini, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 27.1% 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 2.7% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of adults who are obese in Eswatini peaked at 27.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 1980.
Eswatini ranks 86th 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 | 7.2% | 6.0% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.5% | 8.7% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 13.1% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 18.4% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 24.4% | 27.1% | 5 |
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More reference data data for Eswatini
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.5399 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.45 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3694 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.6507 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.7504 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Consumer price index 166.82 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Free country 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of adults who are obese in Eswatini?
- Share of adults who are obese in Eswatini was 27.1% 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 27.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of adults who are obese recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 1980.
- How does Eswatini rank for share of adults who are obese?
- Eswatini ranks 86th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of adults who are obese rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.