Equatorial Guinea vs Maldives: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 8.9% against 8.4% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 53rd and Maldives ranks 50th of 198 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.8% | 20.0% | 4.1% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 14.9% | 17.9% | 3.0% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 13.5% | 14.9% | 1.3% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 10.6% | 11.5% | 1.0% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 9.4% | 0.7% | Maldives |
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, Equatorial Guinea or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 8.9% against 8.4% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2014.
- What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Equatorial Guinea and Maldives?
- 0.5%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Maldives?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Maldives rank globally for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 53rd and Maldives ranks 50th 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.