Japan vs Yemen: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female
Japan
1.8%
in 2024
Yemen
1.6%
in 2024
Japan rank
153rd
Yemen rank
155th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female over time
- Japan
- Yemen
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.8% against 1.6% in Yemen, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Yemen ahead.
Japan ranks 153rd and Yemen ranks 155th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 3.9% | 2.5% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.9% | 0.5% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female, Japan or Yemen?
- Japan, at 1.8% against 1.6% in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female between Japan and Yemen?
- 0.2%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Yemen?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female?
- Japan ranks 153rd and Yemen ranks 155th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). 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, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.