Georgia vs Puerto Rico: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Georgia
1.6%
in 2014
Puerto Rico
1.5%
in 2014
Georgia rank
114th
Puerto Rico rank
117th

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

  • Georgia
  • Puerto Rico
2468197519942014

How they compare

Georgia currently reports 1.6% against 1.5% in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Georgia's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

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

Georgia ranks 114th and Puerto Rico ranks 117th 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
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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.