Belgium vs Finland: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Belgium
0.3%
in 2014
Finland
0.3%
in 2014
Belgium rank
180th
Finland rank
180th

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

  • Belgium
  • Finland
0.511.52197519942014

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Finland, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 180th and Finland ranks 180th 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

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.