Share of women who are overweight or obese in Niue
Niue: Share of women who are overweight or obese was 89.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of women who are overweight or obese in Niue, 1980–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Niue recorded 89.1% for share of women who are overweight or obese in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of women who are overweight or obese in Niue peaked at 89.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.6%, in 1980.
Niue ranks 6th 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 Niue, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 75.6% | — |
| 1981 | 76.2% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 76.8% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 77.3% | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 77.8% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 78.4% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 78.9% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 79.4% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 79.9% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 80.3% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 80.8% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 81.2% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 81.7% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 82.1% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 82.5% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 82.8% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 83.2% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 83.6% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 83.9% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 84.2% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 84.6% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 84.9% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 85.4% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 85.7% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 85.9% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 86.1% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 86.6% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 86.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 87.0% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 87.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 87.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 87.7% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 88.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 88.4% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 88.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.6% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 88.9% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 89.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 78.1% | 75.6% | 80.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 82.6% | 80.8% | 84.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.7% | 84.6% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.8% | 87.0% | 88.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 88.6% | 89.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niue
More gender data for Niue
- Share of women who are obese 70.2% (2024)
- Share of overweight men vs. women 86.8% (2024)
- Mean body mass index (BMI) in women 33.3 (2016)
- Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia vs. GDP per capita 24.0% (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth 108.33 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 108.33 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 108.33 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 1.7% (2023)
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman 39.3% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 228.57 males per 100 females (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of women who are overweight or obese in Niue?
- Share of women who are overweight or obese in Niue was 89.1% 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 Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 89.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of women who are overweight or obese recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.6% in 1980.
- How does Niue rank for share of women who are overweight or obese?
- Niue ranks 6th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of women who are overweight or obese rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niue 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.