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

4.70percent · 2024-24.2% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.7
20234.8
20224.9
20215
20205.2
20195.3
20185.5
20175.6
20165.8
20156
20146.2
20136.3
20126.5
20116.7
20106.9
20097
20087.2
20077.4
20067.5
20057.7
20047.8
20038
20028.1
20018.2
20008.4
19998.6
19988.7
19978.9
19969.1
19959.4
19949.6
19939.9
199210.1
199110.4
199010.7
198911.1
198811.4
198711.7
198612
198512.4
198412.7
198313
198213.3
198113.6
198014

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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