Cameroon vs Cote d'Ivoire: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Cameroon

7.9%

in 2014

Cote d'Ivoire

8.3%

in 2014

Cameroon rank

59th

Cote d'Ivoire rank

58th

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

Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 8.3% against 7.9% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

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

Cameroon ranks 59th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 58th 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.