Eswatini vs Korea: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese
Eswatini
4.8%
in 2014
Korea
5.2%
in 2014
Eswatini rank
71st
Korea rank
70th
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese over time
- Eswatini
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 5.2% against 4.8% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Korea ahead.
Eswatini ranks 71st and Korea ranks 70th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and Korea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.7% | 12.8% | 1.1% | Korea |
| 1980s | 9.9% | 10.0% | 0.1% | Korea |
| 1990s | 8.0% | 7.6% | 0.4% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 6.2% | 6.4% | 0.2% | Korea |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 5.5% | 0.4% | Korea |
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, Eswatini or Korea?
- Korea, at 5.2% against 4.8% in Eswatini as of 2014.
- What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Eswatini and Korea?
- 0.4%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Korea?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.
- How do Eswatini and Korea rank globally for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?
- Eswatini ranks 71st and Korea ranks 70th 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.
Individual pages
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.