Japan vs Nepal: Prevalence of overweight, weight for height
Japan
2.0%
in 2024
Nepal
1.8%
in 2024
Japan rank
153rd
Nepal rank
154th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height over time
- Japan
- Nepal
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.0% against 1.8% in Nepal, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 153rd and Nepal ranks 154th of 163 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, weight for height, Japan or Nepal?
- Japan, at 2.0% against 1.8% in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, weight for height between Japan and Nepal?
- 0.2%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nepal?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Nepal rank globally for prevalence of overweight, weight for height?
- Japan ranks 153rd and Nepal ranks 154th 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 (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 children is the percentage of children 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.