Obesity Atlas 2025

World Obesity Day 2025 comes at a critical time for advancing action on obesity. As new data in this Atlas makes clear, the world is off-track to meet global NCD targets. The data also emphasises that prioritising and acting on obesity is a critical opportunity to reduce the global impact of NCDs.

The first part of the Atlas presents new global and regional estimates of prevalence of overweight and obesity and major NCDs in adults from 2000 to 2030. In section 2 we demonstrate that Obesity is a disease and a major driver of NCDs including some types of cancers, heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Section 3 showcases WHO’s new Technical Package to Stop Obesity with a framework of priority actions and recommended interventions, selected for their proven impact and cost effectiveness in addressing growing obesity rates. The Atlas is completed by a series of national scorecards for 199 countries for adult overweight, non-communicable disease, and policy responses. These serve as a wealth of evidence for advocacy directed at policymakers who have the power to make a difference.

Country scorecards can be downloaded individually below by selecting from the drop down menu.

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