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The prevalence of overweight adults in Burkina Faso is expected to reach 27.4% by 2026. This is an increase of 1.2 points since 2021, when 25.4% of the adult population was overweight. Since 1980, the prevalence of overweight adults in Burkina Faso has grown 1.8 points on average every year. In 2021, Burkina Faso was ranked 168th globally in terms of overweight prevalence. Sri Lanka had the highest prevalence with 25.4%, followed by the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati.
