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

13.024004% 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 | 13.024004 |
| 2023 | 12.515932 |
| 2022 | 12.047219 |
| 2021 | 11.615758 |
| 2020 | 11.206701 |
| 2019 | 10.80092 |
| 2018 | 10.398584 |
| 2017 | 10.009541 |
| 2016 | 9.639378 |
| 2015 | 9.281093 |
| 2014 | 8.9259615 |
| 2013 | 8.575771 |
| 2012 | 8.240037 |
| 2011 | 7.928718 |
| 2010 | 7.6147413 |
| 2009 | 7.27411 |
| 2008 | 6.9284363 |
| 2007 | 6.600267 |
| 2006 | 6.2921786 |
| 2005 | 5.997 |
| 2004 | 5.7098613 |
| 2003 | 5.4300146 |
| 2002 | 5.158265 |
| 2001 | 4.8966823 |
| 2000 | 4.645847 |
| 1999 | 4.4071665 |
| 1998 | 4.1813393 |
| 1997 | 3.970101 |
| 1996 | 3.774101 |
| 1995 | 3.5913744 |
| 1994 | 3.4212687 |
| 1993 | 3.2629304 |
| 1992 | 3.1164224 |
| 1991 | 2.9794695 |
| 1990 | 2.8445733 |
| 1989 | 2.7143798 |
| 1988 | 2.5914867 |
| 1987 | 2.4789217 |
| 1986 | 2.376192 |
| 1985 | 2.27981 |
| 1984 | 2.189513 |
| 1983 | 2.1055675 |
| 1982 | 2.0268195 |
| 1981 | 1.9536525 |
| 1980 | 1.8859005 |

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