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

Cote d'Ivoire

8.3%

in 2014

Ghana

9.5%

in 2014

Cote d'Ivoire rank

58th

Ghana rank

55th

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

Cote d'Ivoire
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 9.5% against 8.3% in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 1.2%.

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

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

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 58th and Ghana ranks 55th 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.