Japan vs Senegal: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male
Japan
2.1%
in 2024
Senegal
2.3%
in 2024
Japan rank
153rd
Senegal rank
150th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male over time
- Japan
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 2.3% against 2.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Senegal ahead.
Japan ranks 153rd and Senegal ranks 150th of 163 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.6% | Senegal |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.1% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male, Japan or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 2.3% against 2.1% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male between Japan and Senegal?
- 0.2%, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Senegal?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Senegal rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male?
- Japan ranks 153rd and Senegal ranks 150th 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, male (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, male, is the percentage of boys 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.