Sweden vs Turkmenistan: Prevalence of overweight, male
Sweden
59.6%
in 2022
Turkmenistan
59.7%
in 2022
Sweden rank
82nd
Turkmenistan rank
81st
Prevalence of overweight, male over time
- Sweden
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 59.7% against 59.6% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 82nd and Turkmenistan ranks 81st of 196 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.9% | 43.5% | 3.4% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 54.2% | 49.9% | 4.3% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 58.0% | 56.1% | 2.0% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 59.4% | 59.2% | 0.2% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, male, Sweden or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 59.7% against 59.6% in Sweden as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, male between Sweden and Turkmenistan?
- 0.1%, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Turkmenistan?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Sweden and Turkmenistan rank globally for prevalence of overweight, male?
- Sweden ranks 82nd and Turkmenistan ranks 81st of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.