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

7.80percent · 2024-8.2% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20247.8
20237.9
20227.9
20217.9
20207.9
20198
20188
20178.1
20168.2
20158.3
20148.5
20138.6
20128.8
20119
20109.3
20099.6
20089.8
200710.2
200610.5
200510.8
200411.2
200311.6
200211.9
200112.3
200012.8
199913.2
199813.6
199714
199614.5
199514.9
199415.4
199315.8
199216.3
199116.8
199017.2
198917.7
198818.2
198718.6
198619.1
198519.5
198420
198320.4
198220.9
198121.3
198021.8

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 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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