Brazil vs Libya: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Brazil

2.1%

in 2014

Libya

2.0%

in 2014

Brazil rank

101st

Libya rank

103rd

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

Brazil
Libya

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.1% against 2.0% in Libya, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

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

Brazil ranks 101st and Libya ranks 103rd 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.