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

8.236611% 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 | 8.236611 |
| 2023 | 7.8309073 |
| 2022 | 7.438387 |
| 2021 | 7.0584164 |
| 2020 | 6.6900597 |
| 2019 | 6.3345714 |
| 2018 | 5.988918 |
| 2017 | 5.6503935 |
| 2016 | 5.319334 |
| 2015 | 5.001235 |
| 2014 | 4.7012854 |
| 2013 | 4.421577 |
| 2012 | 4.158093 |
| 2011 | 3.9104164 |
| 2010 | 3.6753368 |
| 2009 | 3.4502718 |
| 2008 | 3.2334826 |
| 2007 | 3.0253139 |
| 2006 | 2.8271232 |
| 2005 | 2.6392825 |
| 2004 | 2.4606423 |
| 2003 | 2.2900283 |
| 2002 | 2.127842 |
| 2001 | 1.9746231 |
| 2000 | 1.8307323 |
| 1999 | 1.6949819 |
| 1998 | 1.5676748 |
| 1997 | 1.4496614 |
| 1996 | 1.3408669 |
| 1995 | 1.240853 |
| 1994 | 1.1486741 |
| 1993 | 1.0636292 |
| 1992 | 0.9847196 |
| 1991 | 0.9114492 |
| 1990 | 0.84351337 |
| 1989 | 0.78094167 |
| 1988 | 0.72328526 |
| 1987 | 0.6699598 |
| 1986 | 0.62079453 |
| 1985 | 0.57543874 |
| 1984 | 0.5335815 |
| 1983 | 0.49524024 |
| 1982 | 0.4602324 |
| 1981 | 0.42826253 |
| 1980 | 0.39899683 |

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