Cuba vs Japan: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese

Cuba

4.8%

in 2014

Japan

4.5%

in 2014

Cuba rank

69th

Japan rank

70th

Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese over time

Cuba
Japan

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 4.8% against 4.5% in Japan, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 69th and Japan ranks 70th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese
Unit: %
Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 7,920 data points, 1975–2014
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of men (% of adult population), who are underweight, healthy/normal, overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI). Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight divided by their height squared. The WHO define a BMI <=18.5 as underweight; 18.6 to 25.0 as normal/healthy; 25.1 to 30 as overweight; and >30.0 as obese.