Share of adults who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Share of adults who are overweight or obese was 90.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of adults who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 90.0% for share of adults who are overweight or obese in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of adults who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands peaked at 90.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.9%, in 1980.
That places Cook Islands 4th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Share of adults who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 71.9% | — |
| 1981 | 72.7% | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 73.5% | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 74.2% | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 75.0% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 75.8% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 76.5% | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 77.2% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 77.9% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 78.5% | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 79.1% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 79.7% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 80.2% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 80.7% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 81.2% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 81.6% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 82.0% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 82.4% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 82.7% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 83.1% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 83.4% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 83.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 84.0% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 84.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 84.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 84.9% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 85.4% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 85.7% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 86.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 86.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 86.6% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 86.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 87.2% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 87.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 87.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 88.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 88.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 88.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 89.1% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 89.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 90.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 75.3% | 71.9% | 78.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.3% | 79.1% | 83.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.7% | 83.4% | 86.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.6% | 86.3% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.5% | 89.1% | 90.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More reference data data for Cook Islands
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 3.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 2.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 2.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0071 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 3.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2524 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of adults who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands?
- Share of adults who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands was 90.0% in 2024, according to World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of adults who are overweight or obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 90.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of adults who are overweight or obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.9% in 1980.
- How does Cook Islands rank for share of adults who are overweight or obese?
- Cook Islands ranks 4th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of adults who are overweight or obese rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of adults who are overweight or obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Overweight is defined here as a body mass index (BMI) above 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.