Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Samoa

Obesity in adults in Samoa in 2024 — 64.3%. Ranked 192 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 36.4 pp.

2024 64.3% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 192of 199
Period maximum 64.3%2024
Period minimum 27.9%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Samoa, 1980–202420304050607019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 27.9%1981: 28.8%1982: 29.8%1983: 30.8%1984: 31.8%1985: 32.8%1986: 33.8%1987: 34.8%1988: 35.8%1989: 36.9%1990: 37.9%1991: 38.8%1992: 39.8%1993: 40.7%1994: 41.6%1995: 42.5%1996: 43.3%1997: 44.2%1998: 45.1%1999: 45.9%2000: 46.7%2001: 47.6%2002: 48.3%2003: 49.1%2004: 49.9%2005: 50.7%2006: 51.5%2007: 52.2%2008: 53%2009: 53.7%2010: 54.5%2011: 55.2%2012: 55.9%2013: 56.6%2014: 57.4%2015: 58.1%2016: 58.8%2017: 59.5%2018: 60.2%2019: 60.9%2020: 61.7%2021: 62.3%2022: 63%2023: 63.6%2024: 64.3%
Change over the period: +36.4 pp Annual average: 0.83 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Samoa

Samoa 64.3%
World computed 16.1%
East Asia & Pacific computed 10%
Obesity in adults — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 64.3 +0.6 pp
2023 63.6 +0.6 pp
2022 63 +0.6 pp
2021 62.3 +0.7 pp
2020 61.7 +0.7 pp
2019 60.9 +0.7 pp
2018 60.2 +0.7 pp
2017 59.5 +0.7 pp
2016 58.8 +0.7 pp
2015 58.1 +0.7 pp
2014 57.4 +0.7 pp
2013 56.6 +0.7 pp
2012 55.9 +0.7 pp
2011 55.2 +0.7 pp
2010 54.5 +0.7 pp
2009 53.7 +0.8 pp
2008 53 +0.8 pp
2007 52.2 +0.8 pp
2006 51.5 +0.8 pp
2005 50.7 +0.8 pp
2004 49.9 +0.8 pp
2003 49.1 +0.8 pp
2002 48.3 +0.8 pp
2001 47.6 +0.8 pp
2000 46.7 +0.8 pp
1999 45.9 +0.8 pp
1998 45.1 +0.9 pp
1997 44.2 +0.9 pp
1996 43.3 +0.9 pp
1995 42.5 +0.9 pp
1994 41.6 +0.9 pp
1993 40.7 +0.9 pp
1992 39.8 +0.9 pp
1991 38.8 +1 pp
1990 37.9 +1 pp
1989 36.9 +1 pp
1988 35.8 +1 pp
1987 34.8 +1 pp
1986 33.8 +1 pp
1985 32.8 +1 pp
1984 31.8 +1 pp
1983 30.8 +1 pp
1982 29.8 +1 pp
1981 28.8 +1 pp
1980 27.9

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 30 kg/m² and above. The series has been kept since 1980 and shows one of the fastest changes in the health of populations in the whole history of observation: in most countries the share has grown two- to threefold. The top of the ranking is held not by rich countries, as one might expect, but by the islands of Oceania and the Persian Gulf, where the shift to purchased food happened within one generation.

Important: The aggregate by country group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one: the share of adults differs between countries by a factor of about 1.5, so young countries get a slightly larger weight than they should.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.