Japan vs Switzerland: Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard
Japan
19.5%
in 2024
Switzerland
19.2%
in 2024
Japan rank
135th
Switzerland rank
136th
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 19.5% against 19.2% in Switzerland, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 135th and Switzerland ranks 136th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.0% | 12.8% | 1.1% | Japan |
| 1990s | 16.7% | 16.6% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 17.0% | 19.4% | 2.4% | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 16.6% | 20.0% | 3.4% | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 18.7% | 19.4% | 0.7% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard, Japan or Switzerland?
- Japan, at 19.5% against 19.2% in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.3%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for overweight among children and adolescents, bmi-for-age > +1 standard?
- Japan ranks 135th and Switzerland ranks 136th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.