Nepal vs Niger: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Nepal

18.0%

in 2014

Niger

17.1%

in 2014

Nepal rank

9th

Niger rank

11th

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

Nepal
Niger

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 18.0% against 17.1% in Niger, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

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

Nepal ranks 9th and Niger ranks 11th 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.