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

Algeria
4.4%
in 2014
Singapore
3.8%
in 2014
Algeria rank
71st
Singapore rank
73rd

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

  • Algeria
  • Singapore
468101214197519942014

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 4.4% against 3.8% in Singapore, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.2 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Singapore ahead.

Algeria ranks 71st and Singapore ranks 73rd 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
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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.