Japan vs Myanmar: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1
Japan
16.25
in 2022
Myanmar
16.61
in 2022
Japan rank
145th
Myanmar rank
143rd
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 over time
- Japan
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 16.61 against 16.25 in Japan, a difference of 0.36.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 145th and Myanmar ranks 143rd of 193 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.75 | 4.53 | 10.22 | Japan |
| 2000s | 15.18 | 7.75 | 7.43 | Japan |
| 2010s | 14.68 | 12.13 | 2.56 | Japan |
| 2020s | 15.92 | 15.9 | 0.02 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1, Japan or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 16.61 against 16.25 in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 between Japan and Myanmar?
- 0.36, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Myanmar?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Myanmar rank globally for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Japan ranks 145th and Myanmar ranks 143rd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNICEF, published as Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.