Niue vs Tuvalu: Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese
Niue
0.7%
in 2014
Tuvalu
0.8%
in 2014
Niue rank
192nd
Tuvalu rank
191st
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese over time
- Niue
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Niue, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.1 times Niue's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Niue ahead.
Niue ranks 192nd and Tuvalu ranks 191st of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Niue averaged higher in 3 and Tuvalu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niue | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | Niue |
| 1980s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 0.2% | Niue |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.1% | Niue |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 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, Niue or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Niue as of 2014.
- What is the difference in share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese between Niue and Tuvalu?
- 0.1%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niue and Tuvalu?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2014.
- How do Niue and Tuvalu rank globally for share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese?
- Niue 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.