Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in Samoa
Samoa: Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 was 87.68 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
87.68
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
6th
of 193 countries
All-time high
87.68
in 2022
All-time low
74.86
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in Samoa, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 87.68 for prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Samoa peaked at 87.68 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 74.86, in 1990.
Samoa ranks 6th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 74.86 | — |
| 1991 | 75.6 | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 76.29 | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 76.94 | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 77.55 | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 78.12 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 78.66 | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 79.17 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 79.66 | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 80.12 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 80.56 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 80.99 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 81.4 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 81.8 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 82.2 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82.58 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 82.95 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 83.32 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 83.67 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 84.01 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 84.34 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 84.65 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 84.95 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 85.25 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 85.54 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 85.83 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 86.11 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 86.39 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 86.66 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 86.93 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 87.19 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 87.44 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 87.68 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.7 | 74.86 | 80.12 | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.35 | 80.56 | 84.01 | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.66 | 84.34 | 86.93 | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.44 | 87.19 | 87.68 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Samoa?
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 in Samoa was 87.68 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 87.68 in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.86 in 1990.
- How does Samoa rank for prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25?
- Samoa ranks 6th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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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