Kuwait vs Samoa: Share of men who are overweight or obese

Kuwait

77.5%

in 2024

Samoa

83.2%

in 2024

Kuwait rank

10th

Samoa rank

7th

Share of men who are overweight or obese over time

Kuwait
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 83.2% against 77.5% in Kuwait, a difference of 5.7%.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 10th and Samoa ranks 7th of 199 countries.

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Share of men who are overweight or obese in Kuwait
Share of men who are overweight or obese in Samoa
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About this data

Indicator: Share of men 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: 199 places, 8,955 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his height in metres squared.