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

2.534389% 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 | 2.534389 |
| 2023 | 2.369134 |
| 2022 | 2.2181532 |
| 2021 | 2.0816252 |
| 2020 | 1.9574007 |
| 2019 | 1.8427618 |
| 2018 | 1.7364254 |
| 2017 | 1.6367676 |
| 2016 | 1.5429589 |
| 2015 | 1.4548168 |
| 2014 | 1.3719412 |
| 2013 | 1.294437 |
| 2012 | 1.2218359 |
| 2011 | 1.1539878 |
| 2010 | 1.0904763 |
| 2009 | 1.0301638 |
| 2008 | 0.97200704 |
| 2007 | 0.91520154 |
| 2006 | 0.8598707 |
| 2005 | 0.80613613 |
| 2004 | 0.7541066 |
| 2003 | 0.70368034 |
| 2002 | 0.6551795 |
| 2001 | 0.609405 |
| 2000 | 0.5668769 |
| 1999 | 0.5278978 |
| 1998 | 0.4926712 |
| 1997 | 0.46123242 |
| 1996 | 0.43316907 |
| 1995 | 0.4080581 |
| 1994 | 0.38571084 |
| 1993 | 0.3657725 |
| 1992 | 0.34757686 |
| 1991 | 0.3322357 |
| 1990 | 0.31858322 |
| 1989 | 0.3050791 |
| 1988 | 0.29299155 |
| 1987 | 0.28214896 |
| 1986 | 0.27217984 |
| 1985 | 0.26317832 |
| 1984 | 0.2547812 |
| 1983 | 0.24683939 |
| 1982 | 0.23927367 |
| 1981 | 0.23217003 |
| 1980 | 0.22570458 |

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