Myanmar vs Sri Lanka: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Myanmar

16.7%

in 2014

Sri Lanka

15.9%

in 2014

Myanmar rank

13th

Sri Lanka rank

16th

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

Myanmar
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 16.7% against 15.9% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

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

Myanmar ranks 13th and Sri Lanka ranks 16th 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.