Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG)
Oceania (UNSDG): Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 was 62.22 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG), 2000–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG) is 62.22, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG) peaked at 62.22 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 53.76, in 2000.
Oceania (UNSDG) ranks 29th of 156 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53.76 | — |
| 2001 | 54.46 | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 55.01 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 55.55 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 56.09 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 56.54 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 57 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 57.38 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 57.75 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 58.14 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 58.43 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 58.72 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 58.96 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 59.26 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 59.57 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 59.89 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 60.22 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 60.54 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 60.86 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 61.2 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 61.51 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 61.83 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 62.22 | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.17 | 53.76 | 58.14 | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.76 | 58.43 | 61.2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.85 | 61.51 | 62.22 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Oceania (UNSDG)
More health data for Oceania (UNSDG)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -3.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 747.79 (2100)
- Child deaths 2,539 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.49 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 6,191 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 3,652 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 9.26 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 3.79 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5186 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 3,117 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Oceania (UNSDG) was 62.22 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 recorded in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.22 in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 recorded in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.76 in 2000.
- How does Oceania (UNSDG) rank for prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25?
- Oceania (UNSDG) ranks 29th out of 156 groups with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 rising or falling in Oceania (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania (UNSDG) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 (Crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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