Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese was 0.7% in 2014. ▼ Falling
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands, 1975–2014
Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2017) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands is 0.7%, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands peaked at 2.6% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2009.
That places Cook Islands 192nd out of 198 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2.6% | — |
| 1976 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 2.4% | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 2.2% | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 1.9% | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 1.8% | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 1.7% | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 1.5% | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More health data for Cook Islands
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2029)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 937.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Adult obesity vs protein, annual growth rate 0.7172 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands?
- Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese in Cook Islands was 0.7% in 2014, according to NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2017) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 1975.
- What is the lowest share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2009.
- How does Cook Islands rank for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?
- Cook Islands ranks 192nd out of 198 countries with data for 2014.
- Is share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2017) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Share of women (% of adult population), who are underweight, healthy/normal, overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI). Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight divided by their height squared. The WHO define a BMI <=18.5 as underweight; 18.6 to 25.0 as normal/healthy; 25.1 to 30 as overweight; and >30.0 as obese.