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

39.213272% 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 | 39.213272 |
| 2023 | 38.78293 |
| 2022 | 38.299576 |
| 2021 | 37.967903 |
| 2020 | 37.66327 |
| 2019 | 37.312508 |
| 2018 | 36.87849 |
| 2017 | 36.235325 |
| 2016 | 35.439865 |
| 2015 | 34.60525 |
| 2014 | 33.79744 |
| 2013 | 33.010334 |
| 2012 | 32.249405 |
| 2011 | 31.516106 |
| 2010 | 30.814754 |
| 2009 | 30.149994 |
| 2008 | 29.540747 |
| 2007 | 28.997166 |
| 2006 | 28.522852 |
| 2005 | 28.099987 |
| 2004 | 27.70641 |
| 2003 | 27.324291 |
| 2002 | 26.947592 |
| 2001 | 26.558414 |
| 2000 | 26.149681 |
| 1999 | 25.584312 |
| 1998 | 24.87772 |
| 1997 | 24.19201 |
| 1996 | 23.529943 |
| 1995 | 22.887865 |
| 1994 | 22.264647 |
| 1993 | 21.662197 |
| 1992 | 21.07434 |
| 1991 | 20.4894 |
| 1990 | 19.91017 |
| 1989 | 19.339718 |
| 1988 | 18.779331 |
| 1987 | 18.241983 |
| 1986 | 17.736252 |
| 1985 | 17.244574 |
| 1984 | 16.770891 |
| 1983 | 16.329494 |
| 1982 | 15.917881 |
| 1981 | 15.529196 |
| 1980 | 15.155698 |

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