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

12.056607% 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 | 12.056607 |
| 2023 | 11.531123 |
| 2022 | 11.021986 |
| 2021 | 10.525972 |
| 2020 | 10.045078 |
| 2019 | 9.582976 |
| 2018 | 9.137646 |
| 2017 | 8.706554 |
| 2016 | 8.287866 |
| 2015 | 7.8854814 |
| 2014 | 7.5037227 |
| 2013 | 7.141366 |
| 2012 | 6.7939854 |
| 2011 | 6.4606667 |
| 2010 | 6.142857 |
| 2009 | 5.838959 |
| 2008 | 5.543233 |
| 2007 | 5.2543683 |
| 2006 | 4.977438 |
| 2005 | 4.714316 |
| 2004 | 4.4640617 |
| 2003 | 4.2244015 |
| 2002 | 3.9932604 |
| 2001 | 3.7733603 |
| 2000 | 3.5655408 |
| 1999 | 3.3679762 |
| 1998 | 3.1788635 |
| 1997 | 2.9966543 |
| 1996 | 2.82565 |
| 1995 | 2.665153 |
| 1994 | 2.5129006 |
| 1993 | 2.3703623 |
| 1992 | 2.2374022 |
| 1991 | 2.1170802 |
| 1990 | 2.009933 |
| 1989 | 1.9107727 |
| 1988 | 1.8171456 |
| 1987 | 1.7296169 |
| 1986 | 1.6503448 |
| 1985 | 1.5765704 |
| 1984 | 1.5046268 |
| 1983 | 1.4342748 |
| 1982 | 1.3671403 |
| 1981 | 1.3059757 |
| 1980 | 1.2469974 |

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