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

5.2119927% 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 | 5.2119927 |
| 2023 | 4.9020166 |
| 2022 | 4.6120567 |
| 2021 | 4.335532 |
| 2020 | 4.0676208 |
| 2019 | 3.806336 |
| 2018 | 3.5523555 |
| 2017 | 3.3060722 |
| 2016 | 3.0686045 |
| 2015 | 2.8416436 |
| 2014 | 2.6273842 |
| 2013 | 2.4280121 |
| 2012 | 2.2451918 |
| 2011 | 2.0778177 |
| 2010 | 1.9231856 |
| 2009 | 1.7802209 |
| 2008 | 1.6484 |
| 2007 | 1.5270106 |
| 2006 | 1.4161879 |
| 2005 | 1.3154997 |
| 2004 | 1.2246064 |
| 2003 | 1.142509 |
| 2002 | 1.0646065 |
| 2001 | 0.9889429 |
| 2000 | 0.91815263 |
| 1999 | 0.8539127 |
| 1998 | 0.79566985 |
| 1997 | 0.7469992 |
| 1996 | 0.70679605 |
| 1995 | 0.6705476 |
| 1994 | 0.6297021 |
| 1993 | 0.5943745 |
| 1992 | 0.56542087 |
| 1991 | 0.5384964 |
| 1990 | 0.51308453 |
| 1989 | 0.48962998 |
| 1988 | 0.4684473 |
| 1987 | 0.44897786 |
| 1986 | 0.43086618 |
| 1985 | 0.4142032 |
| 1984 | 0.39893785 |
| 1983 | 0.38525242 |
| 1982 | 0.37294942 |
| 1981 | 0.36211073 |
| 1980 | 0.35274586 |

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