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

8.858062% 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 | 8.858062 |
| 2023 | 8.462827 |
| 2022 | 8.065917 |
| 2021 | 7.6853557 |
| 2020 | 7.3566875 |
| 2019 | 7.043853 |
| 2018 | 6.749728 |
| 2017 | 6.478564 |
| 2016 | 6.2154446 |
| 2015 | 5.963747 |
| 2014 | 5.698217 |
| 2013 | 5.432351 |
| 2012 | 5.189834 |
| 2011 | 4.9597526 |
| 2010 | 4.7415442 |
| 2009 | 4.5081205 |
| 2008 | 4.2797356 |
| 2007 | 4.073492 |
| 2006 | 3.8661525 |
| 2005 | 3.6610525 |
| 2004 | 3.4567826 |
| 2003 | 3.250193 |
| 2002 | 3.0491319 |
| 2001 | 2.8508267 |
| 2000 | 2.659909 |
| 1999 | 2.4811215 |
| 1998 | 2.3092146 |
| 1997 | 2.145896 |
| 1996 | 1.9921515 |
| 1995 | 1.8468162 |
| 1994 | 1.711996 |
| 1993 | 1.5882792 |
| 1992 | 1.4738944 |
| 1991 | 1.3686322 |
| 1990 | 1.2714691 |
| 1989 | 1.1823399 |
| 1988 | 1.1062307 |
| 1987 | 1.0443186 |
| 1986 | 0.99043834 |
| 1985 | 0.9413401 |
| 1984 | 0.8967173 |
| 1983 | 0.85675335 |
| 1982 | 0.82071173 |
| 1981 | 0.7880133 |
| 1980 | 0.75846976 |

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