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

36.82938% 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 | 36.82938 |
| 2023 | 36.42911 |
| 2022 | 36.03818 |
| 2021 | 35.655685 |
| 2020 | 35.271347 |
| 2019 | 34.8754 |
| 2018 | 34.46721 |
| 2017 | 34.025604 |
| 2016 | 33.523205 |
| 2015 | 32.96896 |
| 2014 | 32.40245 |
| 2013 | 31.822851 |
| 2012 | 31.23214 |
| 2011 | 30.632269 |
| 2010 | 30.021725 |
| 2009 | 29.396145 |
| 2008 | 28.757244 |
| 2007 | 28.097437 |
| 2006 | 27.422142 |
| 2005 | 26.738974 |
| 2004 | 26.042896 |
| 2003 | 25.33555 |
| 2002 | 24.627392 |
| 2001 | 23.917545 |
| 2000 | 23.215994 |
| 1999 | 22.523504 |
| 1998 | 21.844572 |
| 1997 | 21.189135 |
| 1996 | 20.565271 |
| 1995 | 19.977674 |
| 1994 | 19.417318 |
| 1993 | 18.882437 |
| 1992 | 18.375637 |
| 1991 | 17.886478 |
| 1990 | 17.41777 |
| 1989 | 16.962074 |
| 1988 | 16.510563 |
| 1987 | 16.07401 |
| 1986 | 15.658078 |
| 1985 | 15.262449 |
| 1984 | 14.877786 |
| 1983 | 14.502832 |
| 1982 | 14.147611 |
| 1981 | 13.808838 |
| 1980 | 13.492405 |

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