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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

8.30percent · 2024-22.4% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20248.3
20238.5
20228.7
20218.9
20209.1
20199.3
20189.6
20179.8
201610.1
201510.4
201410.7
201311
201211.3
201111.6
201012
200912.3
200812.6
200713
200613.3
200513.7
200414
200314.4
200214.7
200115.1
200015.4
199915.8
199816.1
199716.5
199616.9
199517.3
199417.7
199318.1
199218.5
199119
199019.4
198919.9
198820.3
198720.8
198621.3
198521.7
198422.2
198322.6
198223.1
198123.5
198024

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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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