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

33.52539% 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 | 33.52539 |
| 2023 | 33.36376 |
| 2022 | 33.18586 |
| 2021 | 32.99558 |
| 2020 | 32.785446 |
| 2019 | 32.539486 |
| 2018 | 32.26229 |
| 2017 | 31.939648 |
| 2016 | 31.530607 |
| 2015 | 31.035763 |
| 2014 | 30.513735 |
| 2013 | 29.982985 |
| 2012 | 29.426224 |
| 2011 | 28.5461 |
| 2010 | 27.675034 |
| 2009 | 27.015743 |
| 2008 | 26.356194 |
| 2007 | 25.697243 |
| 2006 | 25.034027 |
| 2005 | 24.390461 |
| 2004 | 23.767118 |
| 2003 | 23.139717 |
| 2002 | 22.512396 |
| 2001 | 21.874252 |
| 2000 | 21.250538 |
| 1999 | 20.617983 |
| 1998 | 19.97429 |
| 1997 | 19.356606 |
| 1996 | 18.761024 |
| 1995 | 18.18947 |
| 1994 | 17.639929 |
| 1993 | 17.112083 |
| 1992 | 16.601646 |
| 1991 | 16.10136 |
| 1990 | 15.61057 |
| 1989 | 15.135241 |
| 1988 | 14.672703 |
| 1987 | 14.221282 |
| 1986 | 13.785264 |
| 1985 | 13.370533 |
| 1984 | 12.980272 |
| 1983 | 12.666772 |
| 1982 | 12.416647 |
| 1981 | 12.146885 |
| 1980 | 11.883093 |

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