Papua New Guinea vs Tunisia: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate)

Papua New Guinea
27.6%
in 2024
Tunisia
27.7%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
82nd
Tunisia rank
81st

Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Tunisia
1015202530198020022024

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 27.7% against 27.6% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 82nd and Tunisia ranks 81st of 198 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Tunisia Difference Ahead
1980s 11.6% 9.0% 2.6% Papua New Guinea
1990s 15.1% 12.3% 2.8% Papua New Guinea
2000s 19.1% 17.3% 1.9% Papua New Guinea
2010s 23.1% 22.9% 0.2% Papua New Guinea
2020s 26.6% 26.8% 0.2% Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher obesity among adults, bmi ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate), Papua New Guinea or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 27.7% against 27.6% in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in obesity among adults, bmi ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) between Papua New Guinea and Tunisia?
0.1%, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Tunisia?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Tunisia rank globally for obesity among adults, bmi ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate)?
Papua New Guinea ranks 82nd and Tunisia ranks 81st of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Papua New Guinea vs Tunisia: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate). Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/obesity-among-adults-bmi-30-kg-m2-crude-estimate-percent/papua-new-guinea/tunisia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/obesity-among-adults-bmi-30-kg-m2-crude-estimate-percent/papua-new-guinea/tunisia/">Papua New Guinea vs Tunisia: Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
211 places, 9,495 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed