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

12.50percent · 2024-41.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.5
202313.2
202214
202114.7
202015.6
201916.4
201817.3
201718.3
201619.3
201520.3
201421.4
201322.5
201223.7
201124.9
201026.1
200927.3
200828.5
200729.7
200630.9
200532
200433.2
200334.3
200235.3
200136.4
200037.3
199938.3
199839.1
199740
199640.7
199541.4
199442.1
199342.7
199243.4
199144
199044.5
198945.1
198845.7
198746.2
198646.8
198547.3
198447.8
198348.3
198248.8
198149.2
198049.7

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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