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

12.40percent · 2024-40.7% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.4
202313.1
202213.9
202114.6
202015.5
201916.3
201817.2
201718.1
201619
201520
201420.9
201322
201223
201124
201025
200926.1
200827.1
200728.1
200629
200530
200430.9
200331.8
200232.7
200133.6
200034.5
199935.3
199836.2
199737
199637.8
199538.5
199439.3
199340
199240.8
199141.6
199042.5
198943.3
198844.2
198745.2
198646.1
198547.1
198448.1
198349.1
198250.1
198151.1
198052

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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