Japan vs Turkmenistan: Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1
Japan
16.25
in 2022
Turkmenistan
15.76
in 2022
Japan rank
145th
Turkmenistan rank
147th
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 over time
- Japan
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 16.25 against 15.76 in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.49.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 145th and Turkmenistan ranks 147th of 193 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.75 | 13.37 | 1.38 | Japan |
| 2000s | 15.18 | 13.28 | 1.9 | Japan |
| 2010s | 14.68 | 13.97 | 0.716 | Japan |
| 2020s | 15.92 | 15.44 | 0.4867 | 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 Turkmenistan?
- Japan, at 16.25 against 15.76 in Turkmenistan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1 between Japan and Turkmenistan?
- 0.49, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkmenistan?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Turkmenistan rank globally for percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, bmi > +1?
- Japan ranks 145th and Turkmenistan ranks 147th 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.