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

32.365864% 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 | 32.365864 |
| 2023 | 31.911934 |
| 2022 | 31.455137 |
| 2021 | 30.992476 |
| 2020 | 30.494244 |
| 2019 | 29.994005 |
| 2018 | 29.539013 |
| 2017 | 29.09582 |
| 2016 | 28.643433 |
| 2015 | 28.183132 |
| 2014 | 27.725714 |
| 2013 | 27.282467 |
| 2012 | 26.852741 |
| 2011 | 26.423347 |
| 2010 | 25.973394 |
| 2009 | 25.51314 |
| 2008 | 25.04909 |
| 2007 | 24.557198 |
| 2006 | 24.024822 |
| 2005 | 23.453033 |
| 2004 | 22.846233 |
| 2003 | 22.210781 |
| 2002 | 21.548344 |
| 2001 | 20.858824 |
| 2000 | 20.145285 |
| 1999 | 19.41378 |
| 1998 | 18.667938 |
| 1997 | 17.91039 |
| 1996 | 17.151213 |
| 1995 | 16.405602 |
| 1994 | 15.66774 |
| 1993 | 14.937586 |
| 1992 | 14.22497 |
| 1991 | 13.533528 |
| 1990 | 12.871461 |
| 1989 | 12.244379 |
| 1988 | 11.644967 |
| 1987 | 11.063776 |
| 1986 | 10.498431 |
| 1985 | 9.948952 |
| 1984 | 9.417661 |
| 1983 | 8.90467 |
| 1982 | 8.4189 |
| 1981 | 7.9656506 |
| 1980 | 7.5439787 |

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