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

Japan

4.5%

in 2014

Yemen

5.1%

in 2014

Japan rank

70th

Yemen rank

67th

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

Japan
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 5.1% against 4.5% in Japan, a difference of 0.6%.

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

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

Japan ranks 70th and Yemen ranks 67th 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.