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

11.525214% 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 | 11.525214 |
| 2023 | 11.140745 |
| 2022 | 10.766815 |
| 2021 | 10.400459 |
| 2020 | 10.041402 |
| 2019 | 9.687182 |
| 2018 | 9.334312 |
| 2017 | 8.984039 |
| 2016 | 8.638254 |
| 2015 | 8.300855 |
| 2014 | 7.9750113 |
| 2013 | 7.6618514 |
| 2012 | 7.3611403 |
| 2011 | 7.0751586 |
| 2010 | 6.801812 |
| 2009 | 6.546075 |
| 2008 | 6.2909217 |
| 2007 | 6.0254035 |
| 2006 | 5.763134 |
| 2005 | 5.5005484 |
| 2004 | 5.2364125 |
| 2003 | 4.9733486 |
| 2002 | 4.7071786 |
| 2001 | 4.4387956 |
| 2000 | 4.1917458 |
| 1999 | 3.9575715 |
| 1998 | 3.7232642 |
| 1997 | 3.4928362 |
| 1996 | 3.2756958 |
| 1995 | 3.081299 |
| 1994 | 2.8999312 |
| 1993 | 2.7317214 |
| 1992 | 2.5733798 |
| 1991 | 2.4208841 |
| 1990 | 2.276076 |
| 1989 | 2.1403592 |
| 1988 | 2.014544 |
| 1987 | 1.8987035 |
| 1986 | 1.791103 |
| 1985 | 1.6906188 |
| 1984 | 1.5978901 |
| 1983 | 1.5098797 |
| 1982 | 1.424352 |
| 1981 | 1.34248 |
| 1980 | 1.2652504 |

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