The economic burden of obesity in 2024: a cost analysis using the value of a statistical life

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Table 1. Economic burden of obesity in 2024 using DALYs.

Country	VSL in Millions	DALYs	Gross National Income Per Capita PPP 2024	Life Expectancy	Median Age	VSLY=VSL/(LE-MA)	Econ Burden of Obesity in Millions using DALYs
United States of America	7.91	8638575.3	72230.98	79.89	37.3	0.186	1603.78
China	2.15	20674000.2	19636.01	78.99	35.12	0.049	1012.95
Russian Federation	3.60	5559475.7	32866.74	74.72	38.22	0.099	548.02
Indonesia	1.42	12963765.1	12995.02	71.24	27.47	0.033	421.35
India	0.80	19505920.8	7307.14	72.29	26.07	0.017	337.60
Colombia	1.86	8308598.0	16950.91	77.70	27.4	0.037	306.54
Germany	6.69	1659159.9	61111.43	82.34	45.09	0.180	297.95
Brazil	1.75	6413661.2	15987.56	76.38	29.89	0.038	241.47
Mexico	2.21	3647071.2	20230.41	75.23	26.64	0.046	166.22
Poland	4.05	1527650.1	36955.86	78.76	38.55	0.101	153.70
United Kingdom	5.54	1106666.4	50647.78	82.45	40.07	0.131	144.78
Egypt	1.38	4254020.8	12626.07	72.21	24.93	0.029	124.38
Italy	5.21	957901.0	47603.99	84.35	43.99	0.129	123.70
United Arab Emirates	8.00	781768.8	73050.86	80.65	29.37	0.156	121.91
Ukraine	1.56	2796541.4	14204.33	75.45	39.62	0.043	121.38
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.86	3132575.3	16950.91	77.17	27.99	0.038	118.19
Cuba	11.32	353544.2	103440.48	78.50	39.57	0.291	102.83
France	5.80	749291.6	52943.43	83.49	40.43	0.135	100.85
Japan	5.00	757769.3	45677.28	85.08	45.53	0.126	95.80
Romania	3.96	791834.0	36135.99	77.33	39.09	0.103	81.93
Australia	6.24	574391.9	57042.80	83.77	37.08	0.134	76.82
Portugal	3.97	694742.0	36269.22	82.61	41.81	0.097	67.62
Ireland	8.90	364027.0	81341.84	83.02	34.94	0.185	67.41
Spain	4.59	617359.6	41926.36	84.19	40.99	0.106	65.59
Thailand	2.03	1355351.8	18570.17	80.13	36.42	0.047	63.04
Argentina	2.60	1115982.2	23745.63	78.15	30.83	0.055	61.31
South Africa	1.61	1433158.2	14696.26	66.87	25.7	0.039	56.01
Philippines	1.03	2599700.8	9438.81	72.40	22.74	0.021	54.09
Netherlands	7.11	299153.9	64944.34	82.71	41.47	0.172	51.57
Bulgaria	3.05	553744.7	27875.75	75.91	42.84	0.092	51.11
Pakistan	0.64	3557572.5	5821.11	67.48	22.23	0.014	50.11
Hungary	4.00	433294.0	36525.43	77.25	40.35	0.108	46.95
Saudi Arabia	5.18	440426.3	47276.04	78.29	27.03	0.101	44.47
Denmark	7.49	230170.8	68377.57	82.18	40.95	0.182	41.79
Viet Nam	1.24	1484346.7	11355.27	74.90	29.41	0.027	40.56
Malaysia	3.16	626760.5	28849.35	76.59	26.99	0.064	39.91
Turkmenistan	1.69	1047658.5	15423.90	69.67	25.26	0.038	39.83
Kazakhstan	2.82	595868.7	25785.07	72.16	29.2	0.066	39.15
Iraq	1.09	1767927.0	9992.23	72.16	19.5	0.021	36.72
Belgium	6.67	223157.1	60906.46	82.61	41.41	0.162	36.12
Algeria	1.33	1352567.1	12154.65	77.54	26.62	0.026	35.34
Switzerland	8.51	173646.2	77693.40	84.52	41.85	0.199	34.62
Austria	6.55	211883.0	59820.13	82.75	42.4	0.162	34.39
Sri Lanka	1.61	848754.2	14727.00	77.00	31.12	0.035	29.82
Bangladesh	0.77	1925038.2	7009.93	74.27	24.7	0.015	29.80
Greece	3.53	325376.6	32262.08	82.20	42.47	0.089	28.92
Belarus	2.34	435007.9	21378.24	75.22	39.15	0.065	28.22
Uzbekistan	0.96	1306562.2	8731.67	71.89	24.88	0.020	26.57
Nigeria	0.58	1579074.2	5329.19	54.11	17.84	0.016	25.40
Morocco	0.98	1208931.4	8946.89	75.43	26.7	0.020	24.30
Serbia	2.32	391096.9	21183.52	77.54	38.38	0.059	23.16
Ghana	0.65	1591990.4	5964.59	65.64	20.45	0.014	23.00
Qatar	11.27	101010.4	102945.55	81.91	31.64	0.224	22.65
New Zealand	5.10	202950.4	46568.90	83.29	36.85	0.110	22.28
Sweden	6.85	138297.2	62607.70	83.82	40.91	0.160	22.09
Lithuania	4.62	165818.8	42192.81	77.01	39.09	0.122	20.20
Chile	3.03	313851.0	27691.28	81.36	32.76	0.062	19.58
Azerbaijan	1.74	497802.1	15905.57	73.73	29.34	0.039	19.53
El Salvador	1.06	894097.5	9654.03	73.58	23.78	0.021	18.98
Iceland	6.27	143024.6	57278.51	83.10	35.3	0.131	18.76
Slovakia	3.64	207141.3	33256.18	78.52	37.87	0.090	18.55
Syrian Arab Republic	1.76	525803.7	16104.52	72.60	22.21	0.035	18.40
Croatia	3.88	173793.3	35480.09	79.57	42.38	0.104	18.15
Jordan	1.13	862356.1	10330.42	76.83	23.06	0.021	18.14
Jamaica	1.15	675637.6	10494.40	72.51	27.5	0.026	17.24
Finland	6.28	100955.9	57329.76	82.68	42.24	0.155	15.67
Cyprus	4.53	162351.4	41383.19	82.21	34.88	0.096	15.54
Dominican Republic	2.18	334307.6	19922.96	74.55	25.53	0.044	14.87
Gabon	1.44	477186.0	13118.00	67.32	20.66	0.031	14.69
Myanmar	0.48	1130176.5	4417.08	67.66	28.62	0.012	14.00
Singapore	11.49	56255.0	104995.24	84.39	37.88	0.247	13.90
Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.45	1540549.1	4109.62	73.17	20.73	0.009	13.22
Slovenia	4.83	107807.6	44109.27	82.47	42.1	0.120	12.89
Libya	2.73	210710.2	24934.45	73.44	26.25	0.058	12.19
Israel	4.94	126869.1	45154.61	83.53	30.1	0.093	11.74
Peru	1.43	388126.8	13097.50	77.14	26.16	0.028	10.92
Ecuador	1.29	428120.6	11826.70	78.27	25.83	0.025	10.57
Latvia	3.79	96884.6	34598.72	76.20	41.44	0.109	10.56
Seychelles	3.34	132996.6	30540.34	75.21	32.26	0.078	10.35
Kuwait	6.27	76704.5	57319.51	80.63	28.95	0.121	9.31
Sudan	0.44	994905.9	4007.14	66.43	19.02	0.009	9.21
Kenya	0.58	690997.7	5257.45	64.09	18.72	0.013	8.76
Norway	9.29	42056.7	84898.05	83.70	38.88	0.207	8.72
Maldives	2.11	234122.5	19236.32	81.30	24.53	0.037	8.68
Tunisia	1.22	325536.9	11181.04	77.16	29.89	0.026	8.43
Oman	3.94	112923.4	35992.51	79.18	25.88	0.074	8.35
Rwanda	0.27	1507938.7	2469.87	67.56	18.05	0.005	8.24
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.92	165320.8	17545.32	78.03	39.23	0.049	8.18
Georgia	1.79	162987.2	16346.26	74.37	37.43	0.048	7.90
Suriname	1.58	216450.4	14440.05	72.92	28.18	0.035	7.65
Namibia	1.11	288541.7	10094.71	64.11	20.94	0.026	7.39
Luxembourg	9.34	34015.9	85297.74	82.89	39	0.213	7.24
Estonia	4.66	58128.6	42551.51	79.48	40.78	0.120	7.00
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.97	318843.3	8834.15	68.99	22.14	0.021	6.58
Bahrain	5.26	58488.0	48065.17	80.85	30.07	0.104	6.06
Paraguay	1.64	182169.7	14962.72	74.22	23.59	0.032	5.89
Panama	3.33	87505.5	30458.35	78.74	27.64	0.065	5.71
Fiji	1.20	195976.9	10986.32	68.59	26.88	0.029	5.65
Cameroon	0.45	531232.4	4068.63	62.51	18.18	0.010	5.34
Lebanon	1.54	175414.5	14040.36	79.92	29.4	0.030	5.34
Malta	5.09	42237.5	46497.16	83.98	40.65	0.117	4.96
Trinidad and Tobago	2.83	72059.6	25836.31	75.03	32.84	0.067	4.83
Armenia	1.70	124495.7	15516.13	76.41	32.3	0.039	4.79
Angola	0.67	331201.0	6128.57	63.43	16.18	0.014	4.70
Guatemala	1.08	271118.6	9828.25	83.48	19.19	0.017	4.54
Senegal	0.42	522346.3	3853.41	70.17	18.01	0.008	4.22
Afghanistan	0.19	972163.7	1721.74	65.05	16.2	0.004	3.75
Uruguay	2.57	64165.8	23520.16	78.32	34.16	0.058	3.74
Comoros	0.40	426852.3	3648.44	65.27	19.08	0.009	3.69
Timor-Leste	0.32	587683.8	2951.55	69.56	16.4	0.006	3.57
Albania	1.74	93121.4	15874.83	80.27	32.56	0.036	3.39
Costa Rica	2.45	69509.0	22351.84	80.47	29.29	0.048	3.32
Botswana	1.73	81341.6	15803.09	66.20	22.33	0.039	3.21
Mongolia	1.23	121698.7	11222.04	73.20	26.4	0.026	3.19
Nepal	0.47	313199.4	4335.09	71.07	22.02	0.010	3.03
Ethiopia	0.28	511784.1	2592.85	67.30	17.93	0.006	2.94
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	0.91	156953.6	8301.23	69.54	21.02	0.019	2.94
Montenegro	2.67	41080.4	24360.53	77.95	36.82	0.065	2.66
Honduras	0.63	216375.8	5759.62	73.62	21.57	0.012	2.62
Cambodia	0.51	230246.5	4652.79	71.64	24.1	0.011	2.47
Zambia	0.36	313890.2	3330.74	63.64	16.54	0.008	2.43
Papua New Guinea	0.43	236440.7	3966.15	66.28	20.72	0.010	2.25
Equatorial Guinea	1.35	68528.8	12287.88	62.46	20.49	0.032	2.20
Guyana	2.57	38293.0	23489.42	69.95	22.36	0.054	2.07
Nicaragua	0.65	162383.7	5944.09	74.98	22.74	0.012	2.02
Mozambique	0.15	602727.7	1352.79	62.64	17.26	0.003	1.97
Kyrgyzstan	0.55	166489.2	4980.74	71.99	24.34	0.011	1.91
Vanuatu	0.38	230238.8	3443.47	70.89	21.56	0.008	1.76
Benin	0.42	170583.1	3843.16	61.41	18.3	0.010	1.66
Haiti	0.35	202343.9	3238.51	65.37	21.99	0.008	1.65
Guinea	0.29	232972.0	2623.60	60.71	18.53	0.007	1.59
Brunei Darussalam	7.46	9144.0	68131.61	74.61	30.14	0.168	1.53
Uganda	0.24	298992.4	2193.17	64.05	15.68	0.005	1.48
Burkina Faso	0.25	249685.8	2326.40	61.08	17.01	0.006	1.44
Zimbabwe	0.25	241946.5	2326.40	62.08	19.18	0.006	1.44
Bahamas	3.48	17368.0	31780.40	74.63	31.54	0.081	1.40
Kiribati	0.43	134690.5	3966.15	67.99	23.15	0.010	1.30
Madagascar	0.18	343546.3	1609.00	67.17	18.3	0.004	1.24
Lesotho	0.32	127514.3	2941.30	55.10	20.53	0.009	1.19
Mali	0.25	184389.7	2275.15	60.85	16.39	0.006	1.03
Djibouti	0.59	53752.8	5431.67	64.26	22.55	0.014	0.77
Malawi	0.18	197722.7	1650.00	65.37	17.06	0.004	0.74
Barbados	1.66	15022.3	15177.94	78.01	36.68	0.040	0.60
Togo	0.26	95947.8	2398.13	62.03	18.82	0.006	0.58
Niger	0.15	180146.3	1363.04	64.22	15.04	0.003	0.55
Chad	0.17	104396.0	1547.51	54.12	15.7	0.004	0.46
Solomon Islands	0.30	67573.1	2746.58	70.98	19.62	0.006	0.40
Sierra Leone	0.20	75875.4	1793.48	61.26	18.98	0.005	0.35
Bhutan	1.26	12367.9	11529.49	72.75	25.29	0.027	0.33
Tonga	0.80	17643.4	7307.14	71.55	21.28	0.016	0.28
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.68	7328.5	15341.91	73.73	28.64	0.037	0.27
Liberia	0.16	70416.9	1506.52	62.26	18.43	0.004	0.26
Somalia	0.14	78457.7	1270.81	58.11	16.25	0.003	0.26
Belize	1.05	12493.6	9561.79	74.79	22.69	0.020	0.25
Guinea-Bissau	0.23	45054.4	2059.94	61.93	18.97	0.005	0.24
Saint Lucia	1.55	6535.0	14153.09	74.28	30.17	0.035	0.23
Gambia	0.25	39548.4	2275.15	64.86	16.95	0.005	0.21
Antigua and Barbuda	2.33	3501.5	21286.00	79.60	30.26	0.047	0.17
Samoa	0.67	10405.4	6118.32	72.90	20.95	0.013	0.13
Grenada	1.59	3962.1	14501.54	75.65	25.89	0.032	0.13
Mauritius	2.62	7183.8	5892.85	66.84	19.71	0.014	0.10
Sao Tome and Principe	0.5	3573.0	4611.80	68.98	19.13	0.010	0.04

Table 2. Economic burden of obesity in 2024 using total deaths.

Country	VSL in Millions	Economic Burden in billions using total deaths due to obesity
United States of America	7.91	3411.55
China	2.15	1874.87
Russian Federation	3.60	956.78
Germany	6.69	765.14
India	0.80	564.72
Italy	5.21	353.16
Brazil	1.75	344.74
Mexico	2.21	328.43
United Kingdom	5.54	324.92
Indonesia	1.42	323.34
France	5.80	288.71
Japan	5.00	267.90
Poland	4.05	243.65
Egypt	1.38	209.21
Spain	4.59	199.70
Ukraine	1.56	194.10
Romania	3.96	165.03
Saudi Arabia	5.18	163.86
Cuba	11.32	158.68
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.86	133.68
Australia	6.24	126.14
Thailand	2.03	105.51
Argentina	2.60	104.39
South Africa	1.61	98.57
Netherlands	7.11	90.06
Hungary	4.00	84.49
Philippines	1.03	84.37
United Arab Emirates	8.00	76.89
Pakistan	0.64	74.99
Bulgaria	3.05	70.12
Malaysia	3.16	69.47
Sweden	6.85	63.46
Austria	6.55	62.97
Kazakhstan	2.82	60.61
Belgium	6.67	58.87
Viet Nam	1.24	58.08
Switzerland	8.51	55.89
Algeria	1.33	55.19
Colombia	1.86	53.71
Morocco	0.98	48.20
Greece	3.53	47.94
Chile	3.03	46.98
Iraq	1.09	44.59
Serbia	2.32	43.68
Uzbekistan	0.96	42.97
Belarus	2.34	42.67
Portugal	3.97	41.02
Bangladesh	0.77	39.53
Finland	6.28	37.49
Nigeria	0.58	32.74
Slovakia	3.64	32.41
Syrian Arab Republic	1.76	31.36
Denmark	7.49	31.18
Croatia	3.88	29.95
Sri Lanka	1.61	29.42
Ireland	8.90	28.24
Azerbaijan	1.74	28.24
Israel	4.94	27.46
Lithuania	4.62	26.66
Norway	9.29	25.61
Dominican Republic	2.18	25.49
Singapore	11.49	22.89
Peru	1.43	22.51
Libya	2.73	20.19
New Zealand	5.10	20.11
Ecuador	1.29	20.10
Myanmar	0.48	18.01
Kuwait	6.27	16.93
Tunisia	1.22	16.77
Latvia	3.79	15.45
Estonia	4.66	15.38
Georgia	1.79	14.87
Turkmenistan	1.69	13.85
Ghana	0.65	13.74
Slovenia	4.83	13.25
Sudan	0.44	12.58
Qatar	11.27	12.45
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.92	11.72
Lebanon	1.54	10.84
Guatemala	1.08	10.69
Oman	3.94	10.67
Jordan	1.13	10.36
Kenya	0.58	10.28
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.97	10.14
Paraguay	1.64	9.12
Panama	3.33	9.08
Uruguay	2.57	8.77
Trinidad and Tobago	2.83	8.54
Costa Rica	2.45	8.02
Armenia	1.70	7.75
Cameroon	0.45	6.90
Bahrain	5.26	6.90
Mauritius	2.62	6.54
El Salvador	1.06	6.45
Albania	1.74	6.32
Angola	0.67	5.90
Nepal	0.47	5.46
Ethiopia	0.28	5.15
Afghanistan	0.19	5.05
Mongolia	1.23	4.84
Jamaica	1.15	4.50
Botswana	1.73	4.33
Honduras	0.63	4.21
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	0.91	3.82
Cyprus	4.53	3.78
Montenegro	2.67	3.47
Luxembourg	9.34	3.39
Nicaragua	0.65	3.33
Cambodia	0.51	3.27
Guyana	2.57	3.22
Fiji	1.20	3.05
Zambia	0.36	2.81
Senegal	0.42	2.64
Uganda	0.24	2.50
Papua New Guinea	0.43	2.50
Kyrgyzstan	0.55	2.48
Haiti	0.35	2.27
Gabon	1.44	2.10
Benin	0.42	1.98
Namibia	1.11	1.97
Malta	5.09	1.96
Zimbabwe	0.25	1.86
Madagascar	0.18	1.85
Burkina Faso	0.25	1.82
Bahamas	3.48	1.72
Brunei Darussalam	7.46	1.64
Mali	0.25	1.56
Mozambique	0.15	1.41
Iceland	6.27	1.36
Suriname	1.58	1.26
Guinea	0.29	1.26
Rwanda	0.27	1.04
Malawi	0.18	0.96
Lesotho	0.32	0.84
Barbados	1.66	0.83
Togo	0.26	0.82
Equatorial Guinea	1.35	0.82
Niger	0.15	0.67
Chad	0.17	0.54
Sierra Leone	0.20	0.49
Bhutan	1.26	0.45
Saint Lucia	1.55	0.38
Belize	1.05	0.36
Seychelles	3.34	0.34
Solomon Islands	0.30	0.33
Liberia	0.16	0.32
Somalia	0.14	0.32
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.68	0.32
Maldives	2.11	0.28
Djibouti	0.59	0.26
Gambia	0.25	0.26
Antigua and Barbuda	2.33	0.24
Grenada	1.59	0.22
Samoa	0.67	0.20
Guinea-Bissau	0.23	0.16
Comoros	0.40	0.15
Vanuatu	0.38	0.15
Timor-Leste	0.32	0.11
Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.45	0.11
Kiribati	0.43	0.11
Tonga	0.80	0.10
Sao Tome and Principe	0.50	0.06

Data availability statement

Data is shared in supplementary files and all questions regarding data can be answered upon request.