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

27.600113% 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 | 27.600113 |
| 2023 | 27.065336 |
| 2022 | 26.54463 |
| 2021 | 26.042265 |
| 2020 | 25.555447 |
| 2019 | 25.080654 |
| 2018 | 24.61981 |
| 2017 | 24.169262 |
| 2016 | 23.728508 |
| 2015 | 23.293531 |
| 2014 | 22.87076 |
| 2013 | 22.46041 |
| 2012 | 22.062607 |
| 2011 | 21.677582 |
| 2010 | 21.301006 |
| 2009 | 20.922178 |
| 2008 | 20.53685 |
| 2007 | 20.151764 |
| 2006 | 19.765104 |
| 2005 | 19.37166 |
| 2004 | 18.969229 |
| 2003 | 18.561817 |
| 2002 | 18.150745 |
| 2001 | 17.737383 |
| 2000 | 17.32286 |
| 1999 | 16.908133 |
| 1998 | 16.496544 |
| 1997 | 16.092058 |
| 1996 | 15.695067 |
| 1995 | 15.306093 |
| 1994 | 14.9222 |
| 1993 | 14.542001 |
| 1992 | 14.165002 |
| 1991 | 13.787758 |
| 1990 | 13.398574 |
| 1989 | 13.01357 |
| 1988 | 12.647341 |
| 1987 | 12.297864 |
| 1986 | 11.965372 |
| 1985 | 11.652686 |
| 1984 | 11.35954 |
| 1983 | 11.083788 |
| 1982 | 10.825999 |
| 1981 | 10.585589 |
| 1980 | 10.35823 |

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