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

23.508463% 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 | 23.508463 |
| 2023 | 23.153383 |
| 2022 | 22.832973 |
| 2021 | 22.521915 |
| 2020 | 22.18301 |
| 2019 | 21.861216 |
| 2018 | 21.587866 |
| 2017 | 21.34402 |
| 2016 | 21.0895 |
| 2015 | 20.810297 |
| 2014 | 20.533278 |
| 2013 | 20.2642 |
| 2012 | 19.994669 |
| 2011 | 19.71291 |
| 2010 | 19.403597 |
| 2009 | 19.03803 |
| 2008 | 18.673023 |
| 2007 | 18.345766 |
| 2006 | 17.97812 |
| 2005 | 17.537024 |
| 2004 | 17.030094 |
| 2003 | 16.47058 |
| 2002 | 15.89931 |
| 2001 | 15.345354 |
| 2000 | 14.81539 |
| 1999 | 14.291908 |
| 1998 | 13.770781 |
| 1997 | 13.256301 |
| 1996 | 12.735899 |
| 1995 | 12.209235 |
| 1994 | 11.698724 |
| 1993 | 11.221264 |
| 1992 | 10.764456 |
| 1991 | 10.343397 |
| 1990 | 9.94608 |
| 1989 | 9.542292 |
| 1988 | 9.165235 |
| 1987 | 8.820304 |
| 1986 | 8.476363 |
| 1985 | 8.135256 |
| 1984 | 7.8190966 |
| 1983 | 7.5307956 |
| 1982 | 7.264378 |
| 1981 | 7.0151286 |
| 1980 | 6.770288 |

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