Global and National Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity, Overweight, and Underweight Status

Table 3

Prevalence of body mass index (BMI) classification, by sex (female) and country, WHS, 2002-2003.

Female	Underweight	Overweight	Obese
Country	% (95% Confidence Intervals)	% (95% Confidence Intervals)	% (95% Confidence Intervals)
Bangladesh	10.6% (2.2%–18.9)	26.6% (14.8%–38.5%)	5.9% (−0.1–11.9%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1% (1.2%–6.9%)	28.5% (23.9%–32.2%)	7.1% (5.0%–9.2%)
Brazil	5.3% (4.1%–6.4%)	31.9% (29.5%–34.2%)	9.6% (8.2%–11.0%)
Burkina Faso	7.1% (2.9%–11.3%)	9.4% (7.1%–11.6%)	1.4% (0.6%–2.2%)
Chad	6.1% (4.4%–7.7%)	24.3% (21.1%–27.5%)	6.5% (4.7%–8.2%)
China	12.7% (8.2%–17.2%)	10.7% (8.7%–12.6%)	1.0% (0.6%–1.5%)
Comoros	8.7% (6.3%–11.1%)	22.9% (18.1%–27.6%)	3.8% (2.5%–5.2%)
Congo	4.1% (2.3%–5.9%)	19.0% (14.7%–23.2%)	7.3% (3.0%–11.5%)
Côte d'Ivoire	5.0% (3.7%–6.4%)	21.8% (18.0%–25.7%)	5.9% (4.1%–7.7%)
Croatia	4.9% (1.4%–8.3%)	27.8% (22.1%–33.4%)	9.3% (7.0%–11.7%)
Czech Republic	5.4% (1.6%–9.3%)	34.1% (27.7%–40.5%)	10.6% (7.5%–13.7%)
Dominican Republic	5.6% (3.9%–7.4%)	26.8% (21.3%–32.3%)	14.0% (9.1%–19.0%)
Ecuador	2.6% (1.5%–3.6%)	29.1% (25.0%–33.1%)	10.2% (8.2%–12.3%)
Estonia	3.6% (1.3%–5.8%)	26.8% (23.3%–30.2%)	14.1% (11.6%–16.6%)
Ethiopia	15.7% (8.3%–23.2%)	9.5% (5.6%–13.3%)	5.2% (0.1%–10.4%)
Georgia	5.8% (4.1%–7.5%)	27.3% (23.6%–31.1%)	9.0% (7.4%–10.5%)
Ghana	9.1% (7.4%–10.8%)	18.1% (16.0%–20.3%)	7.2% (5.8%–8.7%)
Guatemala	3.5% (1.7%–5.4%)	29.3% (26.4%–32.1%)	11.2% (9.3%–13.1%)
Hungary	10.4% (7.0%–13.7%)	27.8% (23.8%–31.8%)	13.3% (10.8%–15.8%)
India	17.1% (14.8%–19.3%)	9.6% (6.3%–12.9%)	2.5% (1.4%–3.5%)
Kazakhstan	7.2% (2.9%–11%)	28.3% (24.4%–32.4%)	10.2% (8.1%–12.3%)
Kenya	6.0% (4.6%–7.4%)	15.4% (13.2%–17.6%)	7.2% (4.9%–9.5%)
Laos	9.0% (5.4%–12.5%)	11.9% (9.3%–14.4%)	1.7% (0.9%–2.4%)
Latvia	2.6% (1.0%–4.3%)	25.4% (21.2%–29.5%)	16.5% (12.8%–20.2%)
Malawi	7.9% (6.3%–9.5%)	22.8% (20.1%–25.5%)	6.1% (4.7%–7.5%)
Malaysia	6.4% (5.0%–7.9%)	25.0% (21.4%–28.5%)	9.2% (7.5%–10.8%)
Mali	2.0% (–0.8%–4.8%)	33.8% (24.7%–43.0%)	5.1% (−0.4%–10.6%)
Mauritania	7.1% (5.1%–9.1%)	28.7% (26.1%–31.3%)	12.0% (9.9%–14.1%)
Mauritius	9.2% (6.8%–11.6%)	23.8% (19.9%–27.6%)	10.1% (5.4%–14.8%)
Mexico	2.1% (1.1%–3.1%)	33.1% (31.6%–34.5%)	16.7% (15.7%–17.7%)
Morocco	5.7% (1.6%–9.8%)	28.9% (22.6%–35.3%)	15.6% (9.4%–21.7%)
Myanmar	13.3% (11.5%–15.1%)	8.8% (7.6%–10.0%)	1.1% (0.8%–1.5%)
Namibia	15.2% (11.4%–19.1%)	17.8% (15.6%–20.0%)	10.6% (8.9%–12.3%)
Nepal	14.2% (10.5%–18.0%)	14.7% (9.9%–19.5%)	2.6% (0.8%–4.3%)
Pakistan	8.6% (6.1%–11.1%)	28.4% (22.7%–34.0%)	7.2% (4.6%–9.9%)
Paraguay	4.8% (3.7%–5.8%)	33.6% (31.2%–36.1%)	10.9% (9.5%–12.3%)
Philippines	9.2% (7.9%–10.4%)	12.4% (10.9%–14.0%)	4.6% (2.1%–7.1%)
Russia	5.4% (2.5%–8.4%)	27.5% (23.9%–31.0%)	15.0% (11.5%–18.5%)
Senegal	9.1% (5.9%–12.3%)	19.8% (15.2%–24.3%)	10.3% (4.5%–16.1%)
Slovakia	6.7% (3.9%–9.5%)	24.1% (19.8%–28.5%)	14.5% (9.6%–19.4%)
Slovenia	5.9% (2.2%–9.5%)	25.4% (20.4%–30.5%)	11.3% (7.9%–14.7%)
South Africa	4.9% (3.1%–6.7%)	31.9% (28.2%–35.6%)	28.1% (24.5%–31.7%)
Spain	3.0% (1.9%–4.1%)	28.0% (25.4%–30.7%)	13.4% (11.2%–15.5%)
Sri Lanka	13.8% (10.9%–16.6%)	12.5% (9.1%–15.9%)	4.1% (2.7%–5.5%)
Swaziland	2.8% (1.4%–4.2%)	34.0% (27.8%–40.2%)	32.3% (26.8%–37.8%)
Tunisia	5.7% (2.5%–8.8%)	28.0% (24.7%–31.4%)	10.0% (8.5%–11.6%)
Turkey	5.5% (4.3%–6.8%)	30.6% (28.3%–32.8%)	15.0% (12.9%–17.1%)
Ukraine	6.0% (4.1%–7.9%)	25.9% (22.4%–29.4%)	12.6% (10.5%–14.7%)
United Arab Emirates	8.2% (4.7%–11.8%)	38.9% (32.0%–45.7%)	16.7% (12.2%–21.1%)
Uruguay	4.3% (2.7%–5.8%)	25.0% (22.3%–27.8%)	12.2% (10.2%–14.3%)
Vietnam	12.1% (10.0%–14.2%)	7.2% (3.1%–11.2%)	0.6% (0.1%–1.1%)
Zambia	11.1% (7.4%–14.7%)	16.8% (14.0%–19.6%)	7.1% (5.3%–8.8%)
Zimbabwe	5.0% (1.8%–8.3%)	28.5% (24.1%–32.9%)	11.2% (8.8%–13.5%)
Overall^+	6.1% (6.0%–6.3%)	25.5% (25.2%–25.8%)	11.1% (10.9%–11.3%)

⁺Crude prevalence rates.