Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia
Polynesia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight was 8.9 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia is 8.9 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia peaked at 8.9 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.2 %, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 7.4 % | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 7.6 % | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 7.7 % | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 7.9 % | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 8.1 % | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 8.2 % | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 8.3 % | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8.2 % | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 8.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8.3 % | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 8.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8.4 % | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 8.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8.5 % | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 8.6 % | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.7 % | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 8.9 % | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.9 % | 7.2 % | 8.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.29 % | 8.2 % | 8.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.62 % | 8.4 % | 8.9 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight in Polynesia was 8.9 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.9 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2 % in 2000.
- How does Polynesia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight?
- Polynesia ranks 5th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Polynesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.