Children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa
Samoa: Children moderately or severely overweight was 2.6 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
In 2024, children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa stood at 2.6 num th. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa peaked at 2.6 num th in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.4 num th, in 2003.
Samoa ranks 148th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.45 num th | 1.4 num th | 1.5 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 num th | 1.6 num th | 2.2 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.44 num th | 2.3 num th | 2.6 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More development goals data for Samoa
- Red List Index 0.7699 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 5.93 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 188.08 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 22 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 22 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 22 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 3 (2025)
- Infant deaths 67 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa?
- Children moderately or severely overweight in Samoa was 2.6 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6 num th in 2024.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely overweight recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4 num th in 2003.
- How does Samoa rank for children moderately or severely overweight?
- Samoa ranks 148th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely overweight rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. 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 Children moderately or severely overweight (thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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