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

16.32399% 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 | 16.32399 |
| 2023 | 15.775804 |
| 2022 | 15.234399 |
| 2021 | 14.689538 |
| 2020 | 14.157259 |
| 2019 | 13.622588 |
| 2018 | 13.07625 |
| 2017 | 12.540956 |
| 2016 | 12.019222 |
| 2015 | 11.515561 |
| 2014 | 11.039317 |
| 2013 | 10.596623 |
| 2012 | 10.181776 |
| 2011 | 9.795625 |
| 2010 | 9.425451 |
| 2009 | 9.049804 |
| 2008 | 8.664181 |
| 2007 | 8.264851 |
| 2006 | 7.8544626 |
| 2005 | 7.440268 |
| 2004 | 7.028533 |
| 2003 | 6.6262727 |
| 2002 | 6.2391124 |
| 2001 | 5.869387 |
| 2000 | 5.5277953 |
| 1999 | 5.2064075 |
| 1998 | 4.8910575 |
| 1997 | 4.5897007 |
| 1996 | 4.3050776 |
| 1995 | 4.0378118 |
| 1994 | 3.78461 |
| 1993 | 3.544441 |
| 1992 | 3.319562 |
| 1991 | 3.1086016 |
| 1990 | 2.9132266 |
| 1989 | 2.7329874 |
| 1988 | 2.56494 |
| 1987 | 2.4190075 |
| 1986 | 2.2926962 |
| 1985 | 2.1724198 |
| 1984 | 2.0553534 |
| 1983 | 1.942841 |
| 1982 | 1.836044 |
| 1981 | 1.7298939 |
| 1980 | 1.6280252 |

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