Share of women who are obese in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Share of women who are obese was 73.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of women who are obese in Cook Islands, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of women who are obese in Cook Islands is 73.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of women who are obese in Cook Islands peaked at 73.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.1%, in 1980.
That places Cook Islands 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Share of women who are obese in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 44.1% | — |
| 1981 | 44.9% | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 45.7% | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 46.5% | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 47.3% | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 48.1% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 48.9% | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 49.7% | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 50.5% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 51.2% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 52.0% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 52.8% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 53.5% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 54.2% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 54.9% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 55.6% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 56.3% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 57.0% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 57.6% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 58.3% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 58.9% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 59.6% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 60.2% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 60.8% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 62.1% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 62.7% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 63.3% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 63.9% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 64.5% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 65.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 65.8% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 66.4% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 67.1% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 67.7% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 68.4% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 69.0% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 69.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 70.3% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 70.9% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 71.5% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 72.1% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 72.7% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 73.3% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 73.9% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.7% | 44.1% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.2% | 52.0% | 58.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.7% | 58.9% | 64.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.1% | 65.2% | 70.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.7% | 71.5% | 73.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More gender data for Cook Islands
- Share of women who are overweight or obese 90.9% (2024)
- Share of overweight men vs. women 89.0% (2024)
- Share of women who are married or in a union 6.4% (2021)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 60.2% (2050)
- Mean body mass index (BMI) in women 33.1 (2016)
- Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia vs. GDP per capita 23.9% (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth 105.81 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 107.34 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 105.81 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of women who are obese in Cook Islands?
- Share of women who are obese in Cook Islands was 73.9% in 2024, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of women who are obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 73.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of women who are obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.1% in 1980.
- How does Cook Islands rank for share of women who are obese?
- Cook Islands ranks 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of women who are obese rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of women who are obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 45 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) equal to, or greater than, 30. BMI is a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by their height (in meters) squared.