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

14.587797% 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 | 14.587797 |
| 2023 | 14.155021 |
| 2022 | 13.733003 |
| 2021 | 13.31736 |
| 2020 | 12.908028 |
| 2019 | 12.503091 |
| 2018 | 12.11186 |
| 2017 | 11.73593 |
| 2016 | 11.376873 |
| 2015 | 11.038835 |
| 2014 | 10.72657 |
| 2013 | 10.433912 |
| 2012 | 10.152839 |
| 2011 | 9.877901 |
| 2010 | 9.599441 |
| 2009 | 9.306143 |
| 2008 | 8.988676 |
| 2007 | 8.641817 |
| 2006 | 8.268105 |
| 2005 | 7.8748965 |
| 2004 | 7.4671507 |
| 2003 | 7.0480137 |
| 2002 | 6.6231623 |
| 2001 | 6.202357 |
| 2000 | 5.794793 |
| 1999 | 5.4044266 |
| 1998 | 5.032912 |
| 1997 | 4.6854324 |
| 1996 | 4.3640723 |
| 1995 | 4.06904 |
| 1994 | 3.79804 |
| 1993 | 3.5480692 |
| 1992 | 3.3167024 |
| 1991 | 3.1023705 |
| 1990 | 2.903855 |
| 1989 | 2.7200038 |
| 1988 | 2.5490246 |
| 1987 | 2.3899126 |
| 1986 | 2.2414377 |
| 1985 | 2.1022596 |
| 1984 | 1.972018 |
| 1983 | 1.8489145 |
| 1982 | 1.7283745 |
| 1981 | 1.6183414 |
| 1980 | 1.5239716 |

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