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

Jamaica

4.2%

in 2014

Japan

4.5%

in 2014

Jamaica rank

72nd

Japan rank

70th

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

Jamaica
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.5% against 4.2% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.3%.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 72nd 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.