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Samoa vs Tonga: Share of children who are overweight or obese

Samoa
9.4%
in 2024
Tonga
9.5%
in 2024
Samoa rank
43rd
Tonga rank
40th

Share of children who are overweight or obese over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
57.51012.515200020122024

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 9.5% against 9.4% in Samoa, a difference of 0.1%.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 43rd and Tonga ranks 40th of 163 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children who are overweight or obese
Unit
%
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 4,075 data points, 2000–2024
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Share of children under five years old that are defined as overweight or obese. A child is classified as overweight if their weight-for-height is more than two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.