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Underweight in adults — Cook Islands

Underweight in adults in the Cook Islands in 2024 — 0.5%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 0.9 pp.

2024 0.5% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 4of 199
Period maximum 1.4%1980
Period minimum 0.4%2016

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Underweight in adults — Cook Islands, 1980–202400.511.519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1.4%1981: 1.3%1982: 1.2%1983: 1.2%1984: 1.1%1985: 1.1%1986: 1%1987: 1%1988: 0.9%1989: 0.9%1990: 0.9%1991: 0.8%1992: 0.8%1993: 0.8%1994: 0.7%1995: 0.7%1996: 0.7%1997: 0.6%1998: 0.6%1999: 0.6%2000: 0.6%2001: 0.6%2002: 0.5%2003: 0.5%2004: 0.5%2005: 0.5%2006: 0.5%2007: 0.5%2008: 0.5%2009: 0.5%2010: 0.5%2011: 0.5%2012: 0.5%2013: 0.4%2014: 0.4%2015: 0.4%2016: 0.4%2017: 0.4%2018: 0.4%2019: 0.4%2020: 0.4%2021: 0.4%2022: 0.5%2023: 0.5%2024: 0.5%
Change over the period: −0.9 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cook Islands 0.5%
World computed 7.5%
East Asia & Pacific computed 6.6%
Underweight in adults — Cook Islands, by year Cook Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.5 +0 pp
2023 0.5 +0 pp
2022 0.5 +0 pp
2021 0.4 +0 pp
2020 0.4 +0 pp
2019 0.4 +0 pp
2018 0.4 +0 pp
2017 0.4 +0 pp
2016 0.4 −0 pp
2015 0.4 −0 pp
2014 0.4 −0 pp
2013 0.4 −0 pp
2012 0.5 −0 pp
2011 0.5 −0 pp
2010 0.5 −0 pp
2009 0.5 −0 pp
2008 0.5 −0 pp
2007 0.5 −0 pp
2006 0.5 −0 pp
2005 0.5 −0 pp
2004 0.5 −0 pp
2003 0.5 −0 pp
2002 0.5 −0 pp
2001 0.6 −0 pp
2000 0.6 −0 pp
1999 0.6 −0 pp
1998 0.6 −0 pp
1997 0.6 −0 pp
1996 0.7 −0 pp
1995 0.7 −0 pp
1994 0.7 −0 pp
1993 0.8 −0 pp
1992 0.8 −0 pp
1991 0.8 −0 pp
1990 0.9 −0 pp
1989 0.9 −0 pp
1988 0.9 −0 pp
1987 1 −0 pp
1986 1 −0 pp
1985 1.1 −0.1 pp
1984 1.1 −0.1 pp
1983 1.2 −0.1 pp
1982 1.2 −0.1 pp
1981 1.3 −0.1 pp
1980 1.4 —

Polynesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TO Tonga 0.3 AS American Samoa 0.4 CK Cook Islands 0.5 TK Tokelau 0.5 WS Samoa 0.5 NU Niue 0.7 TV Tuvalu 0.8 PF French Polynesia 1.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index below 18.5 kg/m². The indicator moves in the direction opposite to obesity, and together they describe what is called the double burden of malnutrition: in many middle-income countries both shares are high at once — underweight persists in the countryside, obesity has already come to the city. The largest values are given by South Asia and the Horn of Africa.

Important: The aggregate by group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one. Underweight in adults and undernourishment are different indicators: the first measures the body, the second the intake of calories.

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

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