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

Bangladesh

23.1%

in 2014

India

24.5%

in 2014

Bangladesh rank

2nd

India rank

1st

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

Bangladesh
India

How they compare

India currently reports 24.5% against 23.1% in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.4%.

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

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

Bangladesh ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st 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.