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

11.570193% 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 | 11.570193 |
| 2023 | 11.206609 |
| 2022 | 10.859643 |
| 2021 | 10.523768 |
| 2020 | 10.188653 |
| 2019 | 9.85384 |
| 2018 | 9.521043 |
| 2017 | 9.180424 |
| 2016 | 8.826009 |
| 2015 | 8.458599 |
| 2014 | 8.101376 |
| 2013 | 7.760069 |
| 2012 | 7.436467 |
| 2011 | 7.127963 |
| 2010 | 6.832515 |
| 2009 | 6.549178 |
| 2008 | 6.279332 |
| 2007 | 6.0230484 |
| 2006 | 5.7801905 |
| 2005 | 5.547852 |
| 2004 | 5.320359 |
| 2003 | 5.0967107 |
| 2002 | 4.878954 |
| 2001 | 4.66736 |
| 2000 | 4.464135 |
| 1999 | 4.270338 |
| 1998 | 4.088293 |
| 1997 | 3.9192166 |
| 1996 | 3.7630835 |
| 1995 | 3.619637 |
| 1994 | 3.4880805 |
| 1993 | 3.367108 |
| 1992 | 3.254189 |
| 1991 | 3.147775 |
| 1990 | 3.0475254 |
| 1989 | 2.9535222 |
| 1988 | 2.8649206 |
| 1987 | 2.781441 |
| 1986 | 2.70207 |
| 1985 | 2.627455 |
| 1984 | 2.5571291 |
| 1983 | 2.4892476 |
| 1982 | 2.4239807 |
| 1981 | 2.3617744 |
| 1980 | 2.3030045 |

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