In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 600 million were obese.
Overall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2014.
In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (38% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.
The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014.