Cook Islands vs Tuvalu: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese
Cook Islands
0.7%
in 2014
Tuvalu
0.8%
in 2014
Cook Islands rank
192nd
Tuvalu rank
191st
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese over time
- Cook Islands
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.1 times Cook Islands's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Tuvalu has been ahead every year.
Cook Islands ranks 192nd and Tuvalu ranks 191st of 198 countries.
Tuvalu has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 2.2% | 0.4% | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Tuvalu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese, Cook Islands or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Cook Islands as of 2014.
- What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Cook Islands and Tuvalu?
- 0.1%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Tuvalu?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.
- How do Cook Islands and Tuvalu rank globally for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?
- Cook Islands ranks 192nd and Tuvalu ranks 191st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2017) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of women (% of adult population), who are underweight, healthy/normal, overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI). Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight divided by their height squared. The WHO define a BMI <=18.5 as underweight; 18.6 to 25.0 as normal/healthy; 25.1 to 30 as overweight; and >30.0 as obese.