Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Bangladesh

23.1%

in 2014

Eritrea

20.4%

in 2014

Bangladesh rank

2nd

Eritrea rank

4th

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

Bangladesh
Eritrea

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 23.1% against 20.4% in Eritrea, a difference of 2.7%.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

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

Bangladesh ranks 2nd and Eritrea ranks 4th 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.