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

33.371555% 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 | 33.371555 |
| 2023 | 32.652946 |
| 2022 | 31.93913 |
| 2021 | 31.220139 |
| 2020 | 30.503649 |
| 2019 | 29.80257 |
| 2018 | 29.11874 |
| 2017 | 28.435627 |
| 2016 | 27.74151 |
| 2015 | 27.03222 |
| 2014 | 26.315413 |
| 2013 | 25.598434 |
| 2012 | 24.880527 |
| 2011 | 24.161188 |
| 2010 | 23.444237 |
| 2009 | 22.737053 |
| 2008 | 22.04764 |
| 2007 | 21.372665 |
| 2006 | 20.709908 |
| 2005 | 20.051743 |
| 2004 | 19.39521 |
| 2003 | 18.739153 |
| 2002 | 18.078215 |
| 2001 | 17.407133 |
| 2000 | 16.728027 |
| 1999 | 16.04071 |
| 1998 | 15.354377 |
| 1997 | 14.677493 |
| 1996 | 14.010099 |
| 1995 | 13.354246 |
| 1994 | 12.710595 |
| 1993 | 12.082046 |
| 1992 | 11.469384 |
| 1991 | 10.872348 |
| 1990 | 10.294387 |
| 1989 | 9.739136 |
| 1988 | 9.209853 |
| 1987 | 8.709688 |
| 1986 | 8.237355 |
| 1985 | 7.7952795 |
| 1984 | 7.3846674 |
| 1983 | 7.00256 |
| 1982 | 6.647497 |
| 1981 | 6.3195677 |
| 1980 | 6.017324 |

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