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Obesity in Georgia
35.7% of adults live with obesity (2024). That ranks 32nd highest of 199 countries.
35.7%
of adults live with obesity (2024)
Likely range 31.1%–40.5%
Source: WHO
1.2 million
adults with obesity (estimated number)
WHO rate × UN population
Source: WHO; UN WPP 2024
10.0%
of children & teens (5–19) live with obesity (2024)
Source: WHO
#32
highest adult obesity out of 199 countries
#1 = highest share
Source: WHO
The story of Georgia in numbers
In 2024, about 35.7% of adults in Georgia were living with obesity — about 1 in 3 adults, according to World Health Organization estimates (the likely range is 31.1% to 40.5%). That is roughly 1.2 million people aged 18 and over.
That is higher than the world average of 16.2%, and ranks 32nd highest out of 199 countries. It is above the average for WHO’s Europe region (20.9%).
Back in 1980, the figure was 12.2%. Since then it has gone up by 23.5 percentage points — about 2.9 times the 1980 level. In people, that is a change from about 438 thousand to 1.2 million adults, partly because the population itself changed.
Women are more likely to live with obesity than men: 36.1% compared with 34.2%.
Among children and teenagers aged 5 to 19, 10.0% were living with obesity in 2024, compared with 3.9% in 1980 — around 79 thousand young people.
For context, 9.4% of adults had diabetes in 2022, 24.0% of adults did not get enough physical activity in 2022 and the food supply provided about 3,000 calories per person per day in 2023. These numbers don’t prove what causes obesity, but they help paint the picture.
How it changed
Adults with obesity in Georgia: men, women and the world
What this meansSince 1980, the share of men went from 10.0% to 34.2%, and women from 13.8% to 36.1%.
- Men
- Women
- World
Show the numbers as a table
| Year | Men | Women | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10.0% | 13.8% | 5.4% |
| 1985 | 10.8% | 15.4% | 6.0% |
| 1990 | 11.8% | 17.2% | 6.7% |
| 1995 | 13.1% | 19.4% | 7.6% |
| 2000 | 14.8% | 22.0% | 8.7% |
| 2005 | 17.6% | 24.9% | 10.1% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | 28.0% | 11.5% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | 31.2% | 13.0% |
| 2020 | 30.5% | 34.0% | 14.6% |
| 2024 | 34.2% | 36.1% | 16.2% |
Age-standardized WHO estimates. Shaded bands show the 95% uncertainty range.
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.
Children & teens (5–19) with obesity in Georgia
What this meansSince 1980, the share of boys went from 3.5% to 12.4%, and girls from 4.2% to 7.5%.
- Boys
- Girls
BMI-for-age more than 2 standard deviations above the WHO growth reference median.
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.
Georgia compared (2024)
What this meansHow Georgia’s adult obesity rate compares with its region, countries at a similar income level, and the world.
- Georgia35.7%
- Europe (WHO region)20.9%
- Upper-middle income countries16.7%
- World16.2%
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.
Food supply: calories per person per day in Georgia
What this meansThe food available per person went from 1,947 calories a day in 1992 to 3,000 in 2023. This counts food available, not food actually eaten.
- Georgia
- World
Countries ranked nearby
- 28. Palestine37.4%
- 30. Argentina37.2%
- 31. Brunei37.1%
- 32. Georgia35.7%
- 33. Jordan35.4%
- 34. Jamaica35.2%
- 35. Bahrain34.9%
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