Japan vs Malawi: Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate)
Japan
24.4%
in 2024
Malawi
26.1%
in 2024
Japan rank
187th
Malawi rank
184th
Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) over time
- Japan
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 26.1% against 24.4% in Japan, a difference of 1.7%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 187th and Malawi ranks 184th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.9% | 7.8% | 10.1% | Japan |
| 1990s | 19.7% | 10.7% | 9.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 15.0% | 6.0% | Japan |
| 2010s | 22.2% | 20.3% | 1.9% | Japan |
| 2020s | 23.9% | 24.8% | 1.0% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate), Japan or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 26.1% against 24.4% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) between Japan and Malawi?
- 1.7%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malawi?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Malawi rank globally for overweight among adults, bmi ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate)?
- Japan ranks 187th and Malawi ranks 184th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.