Algeria vs Cuba: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Algeria

4.4%

in 2014

Cuba

4.8%

in 2014

Algeria rank

71st

Cuba rank

69th

Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese over time

Algeria
Cuba

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 4.8% against 4.4% in Algeria, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 71st and Cuba ranks 69th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and 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: 07 August 2026

Share of men (% 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.