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El Salvador: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

2.50percent · 20240.0% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20242.5
20232.5
20222.5
20212.5
20202.5
20192.5
20182.5
20172.5
20162.5
20152.5
20142.5
20132.5
20122.6
20112.6
20102.6
20092.7
20082.7
20072.8
20062.8
20052.9
20043
20033.1
20023.2
20013.3
20003.4
19993.6
19983.7
19973.9
19964
19954.2
19944.4
19934.6
19924.9
19915.1
19905.3
19895.6
19885.9
19876.2
19866.4
19856.7
19847
19837.4
19827.7
19818
19808.4

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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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