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

0.70percent · 2024-12.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.7
20230.7
20220.7
20210.7
20200.7
20190.7
20180.7
20170.8
20160.8
20150.8
20140.8
20130.9
20120.9
20110.9
20100.9
20091
20081
20071
20061.1
20051.1
20041.2
20031.2
20021.3
20011.3
20001.4
19991.5
19981.6
19971.6
19961.7
19951.8
19941.9
19932.1
19922.2
19912.3
19902.4
19892.6
19882.7
19872.9
19863
19853.2
19843.4
19833.6
19823.8
19814
19804.2

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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