Underweight in adults — all countries

Underweight in adults — Equatorial Guinea

Underweight in adults in Equatorial Guinea in 2024 — 9.4%. Ranked 159 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 6.1 pp.

2024 9.4% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 159of 199
Period maximum 15.5%1980
Period minimum 9.4%2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Underweight in adults — Equatorial Guinea, 1980–202481012141619801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 15.5%1981: 15.3%1982: 15.2%1983: 15%1984: 14.9%1985: 14.7%1986: 14.6%1987: 14.4%1988: 14.3%1989: 14.1%1990: 13.9%1991: 13.8%1992: 13.7%1993: 13.5%1994: 13.4%1995: 13.3%1996: 13.2%1997: 13.1%1998: 12.9%1999: 12.8%2000: 12.7%2001: 12.5%2002: 12.3%2003: 12.1%2004: 11.9%2005: 11.8%2006: 11.6%2007: 11.5%2008: 11.3%2009: 11.2%2010: 11%2011: 10.8%2012: 10.7%2013: 10.5%2014: 10.4%2015: 10.2%2016: 10.1%2017: 10%2018: 9.9%2019: 9.8%2020: 9.7%2021: 9.6%2022: 9.6%2023: 9.5%2024: 9.4%
Change over the period: −6.1 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea 9.4%
World computed 7.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 12.1%
Middle Africa computed 11%
Underweight in adults — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.4 −0.1 pp
2023 9.5 −0.1 pp
2022 9.6 −0.1 pp
2021 9.6 −0.1 pp
2020 9.7 −0.1 pp
2019 9.8 −0.1 pp
2018 9.9 −0.1 pp
2017 10 −0.1 pp
2016 10.1 −0.1 pp
2015 10.2 −0.1 pp
2014 10.4 −0.1 pp
2013 10.5 −0.2 pp
2012 10.7 −0.2 pp
2011 10.8 −0.2 pp
2010 11 −0.2 pp
2009 11.2 −0.2 pp
2008 11.3 −0.2 pp
2007 11.5 −0.2 pp
2006 11.6 −0.1 pp
2005 11.8 −0.2 pp
2004 11.9 −0.2 pp
2003 12.1 −0.2 pp
2002 12.3 −0.2 pp
2001 12.5 −0.2 pp
2000 12.7 −0.2 pp
1999 12.8 −0.1 pp
1998 12.9 −0.1 pp
1997 13.1 −0.1 pp
1996 13.2 −0.1 pp
1995 13.3 −0.1 pp
1994 13.4 −0.1 pp
1993 13.5 −0.1 pp
1992 13.7 −0.1 pp
1991 13.8 −0.1 pp
1990 13.9 −0.1 pp
1989 14.1 −0.2 pp
1988 14.3 −0.2 pp
1987 14.4 −0.2 pp
1986 14.6 −0.2 pp
1985 14.7 −0.2 pp
1984 14.9 −0.1 pp
1983 15 −0.2 pp
1982 15.2 −0.2 pp
1981 15.3 −0.2 pp
1980 15.5

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index below 18.5 kg/m². The indicator moves in the direction opposite to obesity, and together they describe what is called the double burden of malnutrition: in many middle-income countries both shares are high at once — underweight persists in the countryside, obesity has already come to the city. The largest values are given by South Asia and the Horn of Africa.

Important: The aggregate by group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one. Underweight in adults and undernourishment are different indicators: the first measures the body, the second the intake of calories.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.