Obesity in adults — all countries

Obesity in adults — Micronesia (subregion)

Obesity in adults in Micronesia (subregion) in 2024 — 47%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 19.5 pp.

2024 47% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 47%2024
Period minimum 27.5%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Obesity in adults — Micronesia (subregion), 1980–202425303540455019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 27.5%1981: 28.1%1982: 28.9%1983: 29.6%1984: 30.3%1985: 31%1986: 31.7%1987: 32.3%1988: 33%1989: 33.7%1990: 34.3%1991: 34.9%1992: 35.4%1993: 35.9%1994: 36.4%1995: 36.9%1996: 37.3%1997: 37.8%1998: 38.2%1999: 38.6%2000: 39%2001: 39.4%2002: 39.7%2003: 40.1%2004: 40.4%2005: 40.7%2006: 41.1%2007: 41.4%2008: 41.8%2009: 42.1%2010: 42.5%2011: 42.8%2012: 43.2%2013: 43.5%2014: 43.8%2015: 44.1%2016: 44.5%2017: 44.8%2018: 45.1%2019: 45.4%2020: 45.7%2021: 46%2022: 46.3%2023: 46.6%2024: 47%
Change over the period: +19.5 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Micronesia (subregion)

Micronesia (subregion) 47%
World computed 16.1%
Obesity in adults — Micronesia (subregion), by year Micronesia (subregion) All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 47 +0.3 pp
2023 46.6 +0.3 pp
2022 46.3 +0.3 pp
2021 46 +0.3 pp
2020 45.7 +0.3 pp
2019 45.4 +0.3 pp
2018 45.1 +0.3 pp
2017 44.8 +0.3 pp
2016 44.5 +0.3 pp
2015 44.1 +0.3 pp
2014 43.8 +0.3 pp
2013 43.5 +0.3 pp
2012 43.2 +0.3 pp
2011 42.8 +0.3 pp
2010 42.5 +0.3 pp
2009 42.1 +0.4 pp
2008 41.8 +0.3 pp
2007 41.4 +0.3 pp
2006 41.1 +0.3 pp
2005 40.7 +0.3 pp
2004 40.4 +0.3 pp
2003 40.1 +0.3 pp
2002 39.7 +0.4 pp
2001 39.4 +0.4 pp
2000 39 +0.4 pp
1999 38.6 +0.4 pp
1998 38.2 +0.4 pp
1997 37.8 +0.4 pp
1996 37.3 +0.5 pp
1995 36.9 +0.5 pp
1994 36.4 +0.5 pp
1993 35.9 +0.5 pp
1992 35.4 +0.5 pp
1991 34.9 +0.6 pp
1990 34.3 +0.6 pp
1989 33.7 +0.7 pp
1988 33 +0.7 pp
1987 32.3 +0.7 pp
1986 31.7 +0.7 pp
1985 31 +0.7 pp
1984 30.3 +0.7 pp
1983 29.6 +0.7 pp
1982 28.9 +0.7 pp
1981 28.1 +0.7 pp
1980 27.5

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.