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

6.6965714% 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 | 6.6965714 |
| 2023 | 6.3852744 |
| 2022 | 6.088752 |
| 2021 | 5.804948 |
| 2020 | 5.529399 |
| 2019 | 5.2603016 |
| 2018 | 4.9983454 |
| 2017 | 4.744881 |
| 2016 | 4.501257 |
| 2015 | 4.265589 |
| 2014 | 4.037606 |
| 2013 | 3.8199823 |
| 2012 | 3.6145613 |
| 2011 | 3.421607 |
| 2010 | 3.239555 |
| 2009 | 3.06767 |
| 2008 | 2.9035466 |
| 2007 | 2.7476106 |
| 2006 | 2.600211 |
| 2005 | 2.4575558 |
| 2004 | 2.3191402 |
| 2003 | 2.1857386 |
| 2002 | 2.0572016 |
| 2001 | 1.9348856 |
| 2000 | 1.8190192 |
| 1999 | 1.7100542 |
| 1998 | 1.6061325 |
| 1997 | 1.5077963 |
| 1996 | 1.4172645 |
| 1995 | 1.3344218 |
| 1994 | 1.2585653 |
| 1993 | 1.1887943 |
| 1992 | 1.1243302 |
| 1991 | 1.0647959 |
| 1990 | 1.0098684 |
| 1989 | 0.9593633 |
| 1988 | 0.91300106 |
| 1987 | 0.8744358 |
| 1986 | 0.8394409 |
| 1985 | 0.80422544 |
| 1984 | 0.7715652 |
| 1983 | 0.74126273 |
| 1982 | 0.7129414 |
| 1981 | 0.6865535 |
| 1980 | 0.662203 |

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