Share of women who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Share of women who are overweight or obese was 90.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of women who are overweight or 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
In 2024, share of women who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands stood at 90.9%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of women who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands peaked at 90.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.3%, in 1980.
Cook Islands ranks 5th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Share of women who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 73.3% | — |
| 1981 | 73.9% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 74.6% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 75.2% | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 75.8% | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 76.4% | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 77.0% | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 77.6% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 78.2% | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 78.8% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 79.3% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 79.8% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 80.3% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 80.8% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 81.3% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 81.8% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 82.2% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 82.7% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 83.1% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 83.5% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 83.9% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 84.3% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 84.7% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 85.1% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 85.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 85.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 86.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 86.4% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 86.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 87.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 87.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 87.6% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 87.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 88.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 88.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 89.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 89.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 90.0% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 90.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 90.4% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 90.7% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 90.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 76.1% | 73.3% | 78.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.5% | 79.3% | 83.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.5% | 83.9% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.6% | 87.3% | 89.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.4% | 90.0% | 90.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More gender data for Cook Islands
- Share of women who are obese 73.9% (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 overweight or obese in Cook Islands?
- Share of women who are overweight or obese in Cook Islands was 90.9% 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 overweight or obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 90.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of women who are overweight or obese recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.3% in 1980.
- How does Cook Islands rank for share of women who are overweight or obese?
- Cook Islands ranks 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of women who are overweight or obese rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 overweight or obese. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A person is defined as overweight if they have a body-mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by his height in meters squared.