Adult obesity in Samoa
In Samoa, 64.3% of adults were obese in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Samoa, 2024
64.3%
Change from 2023
+0.6percentage points
Position in 2024
5th of 196
Adult obesity in Samoa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of adults aged 18+. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.3% |
| 2023 | 63.6% |
| 2022 | 63.0% |
| 2021 | 62.3% |
| 2020 | 61.7% |
| 2019 | 60.9% |
| 2018 | 60.2% |
| 2017 | 59.5% |
| 2016 | 58.8% |
| 2015 | 58.1% |
| 2014 | 57.4% |
| 2013 | 56.6% |
| 2012 | 55.9% |
| 2011 | 55.2% |
| 2010 | 54.5% |
| 2009 | 53.7% |
| 2008 | 53.0% |
| 2007 | 52.2% |
| 2006 | 51.5% |
| 2005 | 50.7% |
| 2004 | 49.9% |
| 2003 | 49.1% |
| 2002 | 48.3% |
| 2001 | 47.6% |
| 2000 | 46.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 63.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 57.4%, the figure has changed by +6.9 percentage points.
- Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Samoa has the 5th highest value.
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Physical inactivity
12.9%
2022 · WHO
Life expectancy estimates and projections
71.7 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
14.7 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
63.8 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
62
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
2.25 litres
2024 · WHO