Madagascar vs Pakistan: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Madagascar

16.1%

in 2014

Pakistan

17.0%

in 2014

Madagascar rank

15th

Pakistan rank

12th

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

Madagascar
Pakistan

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 17.0% against 16.1% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Madagascar ranks 15th and Pakistan ranks 12th 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.