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

34.715584% 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 | 34.715584 |
| 2023 | 34.359642 |
| 2022 | 33.99298 |
| 2021 | 33.61628 |
| 2020 | 33.233105 |
| 2019 | 32.85646 |
| 2018 | 32.48149 |
| 2017 | 32.096886 |
| 2016 | 31.706541 |
| 2015 | 31.321447 |
| 2014 | 30.939356 |
| 2013 | 30.540365 |
| 2012 | 30.105219 |
| 2011 | 29.638273 |
| 2010 | 29.140505 |
| 2009 | 28.603252 |
| 2008 | 28.014597 |
| 2007 | 27.367678 |
| 2006 | 26.675356 |
| 2005 | 25.944958 |
| 2004 | 25.17505 |
| 2003 | 24.377811 |
| 2002 | 23.563396 |
| 2001 | 22.71701 |
| 2000 | 21.826662 |
| 1999 | 20.907036 |
| 1998 | 19.977734 |
| 1997 | 19.053331 |
| 1996 | 18.141811 |
| 1995 | 17.254765 |
| 1994 | 16.391495 |
| 1993 | 15.55247 |
| 1992 | 14.74451 |
| 1991 | 13.970442 |
| 1990 | 13.230786 |
| 1989 | 12.521718 |
| 1988 | 11.843306 |
| 1987 | 11.20106 |
| 1986 | 10.584746 |
| 1985 | 9.984437 |
| 1984 | 9.418683 |
| 1983 | 8.896311 |
| 1982 | 8.409757 |
| 1981 | 7.945858 |
| 1980 | 7.505215 |

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