# Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+  years of age: Americas (WHO)

35.045616% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 45 years from 1980 to 2024 are below.

Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/adult-obesity) · [All countries and regions](/adult-obesity).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 35.045616 |
| 2023 | 34.45039 |
| 2022 | 33.8565 |
| 2021 | 33.266663 |
| 2020 | 32.67681 |
| 2019 | 32.08682 |
| 2018 | 31.495535 |
| 2017 | 30.899979 |
| 2016 | 30.292435 |
| 2015 | 29.669508 |
| 2014 | 29.041227 |
| 2013 | 28.415155 |
| 2012 | 27.790648 |
| 2011 | 27.163452 |
| 2010 | 26.527721 |
| 2009 | 25.887194 |
| 2008 | 25.243305 |
| 2007 | 24.59154 |
| 2006 | 23.932692 |
| 2005 | 23.262793 |
| 2004 | 22.583677 |
| 2003 | 21.899767 |
| 2002 | 21.211388 |
| 2001 | 20.516367 |
| 2000 | 19.819366 |
| 1999 | 19.123632 |
| 1998 | 18.433249 |
| 1997 | 17.749998 |
| 1996 | 17.073404 |
| 1995 | 16.412165 |
| 1994 | 15.767385 |
| 1993 | 15.13889 |
| 1992 | 14.529036 |
| 1991 | 13.936843 |
| 1990 | 13.36465 |
| 1989 | 12.814324 |
| 1988 | 12.283143 |
| 1987 | 11.770451 |
| 1986 | 11.275786 |
| 1985 | 10.800684 |
| 1984 | 10.345206 |
| 1983 | 9.907343 |
| 1982 | 9.489698 |
| 1981 | 9.093478 |
| 1980 | 8.719136 |

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