Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height was 6.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states is 6.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states peaked at 6.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2000.
Pacific island small states ranks 20th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.3% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 6.0% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 6.3% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 6.6% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 5.2% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
More health data for Pacific island small states
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.025 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 3.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0298 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per capita 0.053 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states?
- Prevalence of overweight, weight for height in Pacific island small states was 6.6% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of overweight, weight for height recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Pacific island small states ranks 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of overweight, weight for height rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.