Share of women who are overweight or obese in Tokelau
Tokelau: Share of women who are overweight or obese was 91.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of women who are overweight or obese in Tokelau, 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 overweight or obese in Tokelau is 91.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of women who are overweight or obese in Tokelau peaked at 91.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.9%, in 1980.
That places Tokelau 3rd 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 overweight or obese in Tokelau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 79.9% | — |
| 1981 | 80.5% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 81.0% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 81.6% | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 82.1% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 82.6% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 83.1% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 83.6% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 84.1% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 84.5% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 84.9% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 85.4% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 85.7% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 86.1% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 86.5% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 86.8% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 87.2% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 87.5% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 87.8% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 88.1% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 88.4% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 88.6% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 88.9% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 89.1% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 89.3% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 89.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 89.7% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 90.0% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 90.2% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 90.3% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 90.4% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 90.6% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 90.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 90.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 91.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 91.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 91.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 91.3% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 91.4% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 91.5% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 91.6% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 91.6% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 91.7% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 91.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 82.3% | 79.9% | 84.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.6% | 84.9% | 88.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.4% | 88.4% | 90.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.9% | 90.3% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.6% | 91.5% | 91.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tokelau
- 1 Tonga 94.2% compare
- 2 American Samoa 92.4% compare
- 4 Samoa 91.5% compare
- 5 Cook Islands 90.9% compare
- 6 Niue 89.1% compare
More gender data for Tokelau
- Share of women who are obese 74.3% (2024)
- Share of overweight men vs. women 88.5% (2024)
- Share of women who are married or in a union 2.0% (2011)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 54.5% (2050)
- Sex ratio at birth 104.35 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 90.91 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 104.35 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.3% (2023)
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman 40.1% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 37.5 males per 100 females (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of women who are overweight or obese in Tokelau?
- Share of women who are overweight or obese in Tokelau was 91.8% 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 Tokelau?
- The highest recorded value was 91.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of women who are overweight or obese recorded in Tokelau?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.9% in 1980.
- How does Tokelau rank for share of women who are overweight or obese?
- Tokelau ranks 3rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of women who are overweight or obese rising or falling in Tokelau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tokelau 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.