Jamaica: 34% of adults are obese, yet 56% of people lack adequate food
In 2023, 56.4% of people ate less or worse than they needed for lack of money (FAO estimate). Adult obesity: 34.4%. The data do not say whether these are the same people.
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Lack of adequate food and excess weight occur in the same country at once: cheap high-calorie food is not the same as a full diet.
Bar length shows the value from zero. All values are for the same year.
- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population % of population
56.4 (2023)
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%)
- Obesity among adults aged 18+ %
34.4 (2023)
The latest shared published year no later than 2025. No interpolation. Countries are selected editorially; this is not a ranking or a statistical test.
FAO: moderate or severe food insecurity, meaning people cut back on or worsened their diet for lack of money; FAO publishes it as a three-year average, delivered here via the World Bank. Adult (18+) obesity is a modelled estimate published by FAO. Do not add the shares or assume they describe the same people; the chart does not establish a cause.
A question for this picture
How do diet quality, food access and obesity vary within the country?