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

Jamaica

4.2%

in 2014

Suriname

3.7%

in 2014

Jamaica rank

72nd

Suriname rank

75th

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

Jamaica
Suriname

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 4.2% against 3.7% in Suriname, a difference of 0.5%.

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

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

Jamaica ranks 72nd and Suriname ranks 75th 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.