What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of?

0.4%, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of?

40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.

Malawi vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese

Malawi

10.5%

in 2014

Tanzania, United Republic of

10.9%

in 2014

Malawi rank

36th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

33rd

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

Malawi
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Tanzania, United Republic of currently reports 10.9% against 10.5% in Malawi, a difference of 0.4%.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Tanzania, United Republic of has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 36th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 33rd of 198 countries.

Tanzania, United Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1970s	15.6%	15.9%	0.3%	Tanzania, United Republic of
1980s	14.5%	14.8%	0.2%	Tanzania, United Republic of
1990s	13.4%	13.6%	0.1%	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	12.1%	12.4%	0.3%	Tanzania, United Republic of
2010s	10.8%	11.2%	0.4%	Tanzania, United Republic of

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, Malawi or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Tanzania, United Republic of, at 10.9% against 10.5% in Malawi as of 2014.
What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 0.4%, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.
How do Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?: Malawi ranks 36th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 33rd 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: 28 August 2026

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.