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

29.240763% 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 | 29.240763 |
| 2023 | 29.023058 |
| 2022 | 28.782907 |
| 2021 | 28.553846 |
| 2020 | 28.334618 |
| 2019 | 28.10367 |
| 2018 | 27.864857 |
| 2017 | 27.613916 |
| 2016 | 27.34679 |
| 2015 | 27.074707 |
| 2014 | 26.80789 |
| 2013 | 26.545015 |
| 2012 | 26.271645 |
| 2011 | 25.987913 |
| 2010 | 25.684883 |
| 2009 | 25.336462 |
| 2008 | 24.936216 |
| 2007 | 24.486727 |
| 2006 | 23.982704 |
| 2005 | 23.434847 |
| 2004 | 22.853584 |
| 2003 | 22.225344 |
| 2002 | 21.543802 |
| 2001 | 20.820488 |
| 2000 | 20.068972 |
| 1999 | 19.29742 |
| 1998 | 18.511988 |
| 1997 | 17.716574 |
| 1996 | 16.914944 |
| 1995 | 16.126053 |
| 1994 | 15.351811 |
| 1993 | 14.592044 |
| 1992 | 13.861826 |
| 1991 | 13.165624 |
| 1990 | 12.510201 |
| 1989 | 11.89163 |
| 1988 | 11.262187 |
| 1987 | 10.664664 |
| 1986 | 10.131394 |
| 1985 | 9.62249 |
| 1984 | 9.136888 |
| 1983 | 8.675724 |
| 1982 | 8.233956 |
| 1981 | 7.807893 |
| 1980 | 7.4049196 |

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