Cameroon vs Maldives: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Cameroon

7.9%

in 2014

Maldives

9.3%

in 2014

Cameroon rank

59th

Maldives rank

56th

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

Cameroon
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 9.3% against 7.9% in Cameroon, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

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

Cameroon ranks 59th and Maldives ranks 56th 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.