Adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, %)

RecordSTO-JQZ6TM6SBB-5NK938KEXZ-J4Y85Q

21.1%
estimate

Colombia · 2017

Adult obesity prevalence in Colombia (age-standardized, %) was 21.1% in 2017 (WHO).

Original source

Adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, %): every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
WHO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
NCD_BMI_30A: {"Dim1":"SEX_BTSX","SpatialDim":"COL","SpatialDimType":"COUNTRY","TimeDim":"2017"}
Retrieved
2 Oct 2026
Status
Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): NCD_BMI_30A, CO, 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31: 21.078303 percent (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 21.1%matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

World Health Organization. (2017). WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, both sexes). Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD_BMI_30A?$filter=SpatialDimType%20eq%20%27COUNTRY%27%20and%20Dim1%20eq%20%27SEX_BTSX%27. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JQZ6TM6SBB5NK938KEXZJ4Y85Q

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
MLA
World Health Organization. "WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, both sexes)." 2017, https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD_BMI_30A?$filter=SpatialDimType%20eq%20%27COUNTRY%27%20and%20Dim1%20eq%20%27SEX_BTSX%27. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JQZ6TM6SBB5NK938KEXZJ4Y85Q.
Chicago
World Health Organization. "WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, both sexes)." 2017. https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD_BMI_30A?$filter=SpatialDimType%20eq%20%27COUNTRY%27%20and%20Dim1%20eq%20%27SEX_BTSX%27. Accessed October 2, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JQZ6TM6SBB5NK938KEXZJ4Y85Q.
BibTeX
@misc{who2017adultj4y85q, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, both sexes)}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JQZ6TM6SBB5NK938KEXZJ4Y85Q}, note = {Original source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD\_BMI\_30A?\$filter=SpatialDimType\%20eq\%20\%27COUNTRY\%27\%20and\%20Dim1\%20eq\%20\%27SEX\_BTSX\%27. Accessed October 2, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
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Primary source

Publisher
World Health Organization · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, both sexes)
Type
Dataset
Evidence
Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset
NCD_BMI_30A
Version
2026-05-27
Methodology
Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256
7cc29be7d0f429109c6347080312cebae10515cda7d82415045c37a2b6d73cd8
Response retrieved
2 October 2026
Published
—
Locator
NCD_BMI_30A: {"Dim1":"SEX_BTSX","SpatialDim":"COL","SpatialDimType":"COUNTRY","TimeDim":"2017"}
Retrieved
2 October 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on
2 October 2026
Last revision
4 October 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_JQZ6TM6SBB5NK938KEXZJ4Y85Q