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

18.091343% 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 | 18.091343 |
| 2023 | 17.496462 |
| 2022 | 16.915804 |
| 2021 | 16.42198 |
| 2020 | 16.019806 |
| 2019 | 15.629587 |
| 2018 | 15.250127 |
| 2017 | 14.872816 |
| 2016 | 14.487651 |
| 2015 | 14.096744 |
| 2014 | 13.707146 |
| 2013 | 13.321677 |
| 2012 | 12.934957 |
| 2011 | 12.524407 |
| 2010 | 12.096228 |
| 2009 | 11.672571 |
| 2008 | 11.250748 |
| 2007 | 10.830966 |
| 2006 | 10.413662 |
| 2005 | 9.99991 |
| 2004 | 9.59086 |
| 2003 | 9.188679 |
| 2002 | 8.793914 |
| 2001 | 8.39957 |
| 2000 | 8.006481 |
| 1999 | 7.624279 |
| 1998 | 7.258299 |
| 1997 | 6.911137 |
| 1996 | 6.5762377 |
| 1995 | 6.24653 |
| 1994 | 5.9284163 |
| 1993 | 5.628182 |
| 1992 | 5.3418503 |
| 1991 | 5.0692053 |
| 1990 | 4.80756 |
| 1989 | 4.555108 |
| 1988 | 4.3185096 |
| 1987 | 4.0973196 |
| 1986 | 3.886583 |
| 1985 | 3.6869726 |
| 1984 | 3.4988244 |
| 1983 | 3.3243728 |
| 1982 | 3.161722 |
| 1981 | 3.014358 |
| 1980 | 2.8709583 |

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