Guinea vs Myanmar: Prevalence of overweight

Guinea
28.6%
in 2022
Myanmar
27.0%
in 2022
Guinea rank
174th
Myanmar rank
176th

Prevalence of overweight over time

  • Guinea
  • Myanmar
1015202530199020062022

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 28.6% against 27.0% in Myanmar, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Myanmar ahead.

Guinea ranks 174th and Myanmar ranks 176th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Myanmar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Myanmar Difference Ahead
1990s 9.9% 13.1% 3.2% Myanmar
2000s 16.4% 17.9% 1.4% Myanmar
2010s 23.3% 22.8% 0.5% Guinea
2020s 27.8% 26.4% 1.4% Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of overweight, Guinea or Myanmar?
Guinea, at 28.6% against 27.0% in Myanmar as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of overweight between Guinea and Myanmar?
1.6%, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Myanmar?
33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Guinea and Myanmar rank globally for prevalence of overweight?
Guinea ranks 174th and Myanmar ranks 176th 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 (% of adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guinea vs Myanmar: Prevalence of overweight. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-percent-of-adults/guinea/myanmar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-overweight-percent-of-adults/guinea/myanmar/">Guinea vs Myanmar: Prevalence of overweight</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Prevalence of overweight (% of adults)
Unit
% of adults
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 7,896 data points, 1975–2022
Last refreshed

Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults 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.