Georgia vs Papua New Guinea: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese

Georgia
3.5%
in 2014
Papua New Guinea
3.5%
in 2014
Georgia rank
83rd
Papua New Guinea rank
83rd

Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese over time

  • Georgia
  • Papua New Guinea
0246810197519942014

How they compare

Georgia currently reports 3.5% against 3.5% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Georgia ranks 83rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 83rd of 198 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Georgia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 6.9% 9.4% 2.5% Papua New Guinea
1980s 5.6% 7.8% 2.2% Papua New Guinea
1990s 4.9% 6.1% 1.2% Papua New Guinea
2000s 4.2% 4.7% 0.5% Papua New Guinea
2010s 3.6% 3.7% 0.1% Papua New Guinea

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, Georgia or Papua New Guinea?
Georgia, at 3.5% against 3.5% in Papua New Guinea as of 2014.
What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Georgia and Papua New Guinea?
0.0%, with Georgia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and Papua New Guinea?
40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.
How do Georgia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?
Georgia ranks 83rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 83rd 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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Indicator
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese
Unit
%
Source
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 7,920 data points, 1975–2014
Last refreshed

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.