Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age: Jamaica
35.688538% 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 · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 35.688538 |
| 2023 | 34.829773 |
| 2022 | 33.97559 |
| 2021 | 33.132225 |
| 2020 | 32.303967 |
| 2019 | 31.475872 |
| 2018 | 30.641806 |
| 2017 | 29.815987 |
| 2016 | 29.006104 |
| 2015 | 28.209866 |
| 2014 | 27.428886 |
| 2013 | 26.660633 |
| 2012 | 25.901985 |
| 2011 | 25.14448 |
| 2010 | 24.38276 |
| 2009 | 23.60688 |
| 2008 | 22.8092 |
| 2007 | 21.993898 |
| 2006 | 21.173182 |
| 2005 | 20.347755 |
| 2004 | 19.517769 |
| 2003 | 18.686647 |
| 2002 | 17.861332 |
| 2001 | 17.042645 |
| 2000 | 16.223843 |
| 1999 | 15.410298 |
| 1998 | 14.612362 |
| 1997 | 13.847525 |
| 1996 | 13.11917 |
| 1995 | 12.427549 |
| 1994 | 11.776643 |
| 1993 | 11.163706 |
| 1992 | 10.587779 |
| 1991 | 10.053458 |
| 1990 | 9.554263 |
| 1989 | 9.083231 |
| 1988 | 8.641322 |
| 1987 | 8.226464 |
| 1986 | 7.8379316 |
| 1985 | 7.4736886 |
| 1984 | 7.1349635 |
| 1983 | 6.8182573 |
| 1982 | 6.523503 |
| 1981 | 6.251931 |
| 1980 | 5.9993367 |