Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa
Samoa: Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight was 9.4% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa is 9.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa peaked at 9.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 41st of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.7% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 7.8% | 9.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More infrastructure data for Samoa
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 134,320 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 62.4 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4,567 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.12 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 3,540 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0.006 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 42,120 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet 21.2% (2014)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions 1,889 (2022)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions 0.8775 per 100 people (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa was 9.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for proportion of children moderately or severely overweight?
- Samoa ranks 41st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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