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

7.3197565% 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 | 7.3197565 |
| 2023 | 7.069082 |
| 2022 | 6.828829 |
| 2021 | 6.5996737 |
| 2020 | 6.383721 |
| 2019 | 6.1769066 |
| 2018 | 5.982591 |
| 2017 | 5.8017693 |
| 2016 | 5.6350703 |
| 2015 | 5.483681 |
| 2014 | 5.348939 |
| 2013 | 5.2301908 |
| 2012 | 5.126739 |
| 2011 | 5.032037 |
| 2010 | 4.9357643 |
| 2009 | 4.8279977 |
| 2008 | 4.701786 |
| 2007 | 4.554106 |
| 2006 | 4.386162 |
| 2005 | 4.2014894 |
| 2004 | 4.0029387 |
| 2003 | 3.7936013 |
| 2002 | 3.578281 |
| 2001 | 3.361359 |
| 2000 | 3.1468105 |
| 1999 | 2.9354763 |
| 1998 | 2.7332053 |
| 1997 | 2.5470026 |
| 1996 | 2.3757863 |
| 1995 | 2.2183502 |
| 1994 | 2.074079 |
| 1993 | 1.9423589 |
| 1992 | 1.8210897 |
| 1991 | 1.7089562 |
| 1990 | 1.6049473 |
| 1989 | 1.5093734 |
| 1988 | 1.4215987 |
| 1987 | 1.340262 |
| 1986 | 1.264897 |
| 1985 | 1.195294 |
| 1984 | 1.1310426 |
| 1983 | 1.071607 |
| 1982 | 1.0163451 |
| 1981 | 0.9651755 |
| 1980 | 0.918026 |

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