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

6.80percent · 2024-8.1% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.8
20236.9
20226.9
20217
20207
20197.1
20187.1
20177.2
20167.3
20157.3
20147.4
20137.4
20127.5
20117.6
20107.7
20097.8
20087.9
20078
20068.1
20058.2
20048.4
20038.5
20028.7
20018.9
20009.1
19999.3
19989.5
19979.8
199610
199510.2
199410.5
199310.7
199211
199111.3
199011.5
198911.8
198812
198712.3
198612.6
198512.8
198413.1
198313.4
198213.7
198113.9
198014.2

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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