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

8.1711855% 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 | 8.1711855 |
| 2023 | 7.8904567 |
| 2022 | 7.638538 |
| 2021 | 7.387572 |
| 2020 | 7.1402364 |
| 2019 | 6.911669 |
| 2018 | 6.698949 |
| 2017 | 6.4066463 |
| 2016 | 6.0205517 |
| 2015 | 5.6744785 |
| 2014 | 5.348349 |
| 2013 | 5.0536036 |
| 2012 | 4.809338 |
| 2011 | 4.582354 |
| 2010 | 4.373267 |
| 2009 | 4.1702557 |
| 2008 | 3.96878 |
| 2007 | 3.7773933 |
| 2006 | 3.581313 |
| 2005 | 3.3760228 |
| 2004 | 3.1777012 |
| 2003 | 2.9938104 |
| 2002 | 2.8221498 |
| 2001 | 2.6617455 |
| 2000 | 2.5125654 |
| 1999 | 2.3747964 |
| 1998 | 2.2491043 |
| 1997 | 2.1338048 |
| 1996 | 2.0261254 |
| 1995 | 1.9275974 |
| 1994 | 1.8390425 |
| 1993 | 1.7578186 |
| 1992 | 1.6817527 |
| 1991 | 1.6114419 |
| 1990 | 1.5460056 |
| 1989 | 1.4840008 |
| 1988 | 1.4292473 |
| 1987 | 1.375768 |
| 1986 | 1.3197753 |
| 1985 | 1.2673838 |
| 1984 | 1.2180245 |
| 1983 | 1.171622 |
| 1982 | 1.1284205 |
| 1981 | 1.088306 |
| 1980 | 1.0514343 |

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