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

20.241024% 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 | 20.241024 |
| 2023 | 19.66638 |
| 2022 | 19.090845 |
| 2021 | 18.538092 |
| 2020 | 18.00797 |
| 2019 | 17.468895 |
| 2018 | 16.913208 |
| 2017 | 16.351913 |
| 2016 | 15.804215 |
| 2015 | 15.284678 |
| 2014 | 14.789352 |
| 2013 | 14.316623 |
| 2012 | 13.8658 |
| 2011 | 13.446113 |
| 2010 | 13.067012 |
| 2009 | 12.724096 |
| 2008 | 12.404587 |
| 2007 | 12.10066 |
| 2006 | 11.813393 |
| 2005 | 11.507295 |
| 2004 | 11.170691 |
| 2003 | 10.831954 |
| 2002 | 10.494599 |
| 2001 | 10.161275 |
| 2000 | 9.832875 |
| 1999 | 9.510273 |
| 1998 | 9.195857 |
| 1997 | 8.8941 |
| 1996 | 8.616042 |
| 1995 | 8.3638 |
| 1994 | 8.124493 |
| 1993 | 7.894854 |
| 1992 | 7.6736474 |
| 1991 | 7.4591613 |
| 1990 | 7.2529235 |
| 1989 | 7.054422 |
| 1988 | 6.8637395 |
| 1987 | 6.6828227 |
| 1986 | 6.4918175 |
| 1985 | 6.3176036 |
| 1984 | 6.176966 |
| 1983 | 6.0420866 |
| 1982 | 5.9166713 |
| 1981 | 5.8003106 |
| 1980 | 5.6935525 |

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