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Afghanistan: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

5.60percent · 2024-43.4% since 2014

Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator NCD_BMI_18A. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1980 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20245.6
20235.9
20226.3
20216.6
20207
20197.4
20187.9
20178.3
20168.8
20159.3
20149.9
201310.4
201211
201111.7
201012.3
200913
200813.6
200714.3
200615
200515.8
200416.5
200317.3
200218
200118.8
200019.6
199920.4
199821.2
199722
199622.7
199523.5
199424.3
199325
199225.8
199126.6
199027.4
198928.1
198828.9
198729.7
198630.5
198531.3
198432.1
198332.8
198233.6
198134.4
198035.1

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ncd-bmi-18a (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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