Share of children who are overweight in Samoa
Samoa: Share of children who are overweight was 9.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are overweight in Samoa, 2000–2024
Source: UNICEF, World Health Organization and World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of children aged 0-59 months.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children who are overweight in Samoa stood at 9.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are overweight in Samoa peaked at 9.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 44th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of children who are overweight in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of children aged 0-59 months | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.3% | — |
| 2001 | 5.4% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 6.6% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 9.4% | +5.6% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 9.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.5%, 1.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 9.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.5%, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.7% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 7.8% | 9.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are overweight in Samoa?
- Share of children who are overweight in Samoa was 9.4% in 2024, according to UNICEF, World Health Organization and World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are overweight recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children who are overweight recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for share of children who are overweight?
- Samoa ranks 44th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are overweight rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, World Health Organization and World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are overweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%).