Prevalence of overweight, female in Tonga
Tonga: Prevalence of overweight, female was 94.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, female in Tonga, 1990–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/). Measured in % of female adults.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 94.0% for prevalence of overweight, female in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, female in Tonga peaked at 94.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 84.7%, in 1990.
Tonga ranks 1st of 196 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, female in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of female adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 84.7% | — |
| 1991 | 85.2% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 85.6% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 86.0% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 86.4% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 86.8% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 87.2% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 87.5% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 87.9% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 88.2% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 88.6% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 88.9% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 89.2% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 89.8% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 90.0% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 90.3% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 90.5% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 90.8% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 91.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 91.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 91.5% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 91.7% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 92.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 92.2% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 92.5% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 92.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 92.9% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 93.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 93.6% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 93.8% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 94.0% | +0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 94.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64.0%, 1.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 94.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.8%, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.6% | 84.7% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.8% | 88.6% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.3% | 91.2% | 93.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.8% | 93.6% | 94.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, female in Tonga?
- Prevalence of overweight, female in Tonga was 94.0% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, female recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 94.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, female recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.7% in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for prevalence of overweight, female?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 196 countries with data for 2022.
- Is prevalence of overweight, female rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as part of Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.