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

8.70percent · 2024+10.1% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20248.7
20238.6
20228.4
20218.3
20208.2
20198.1
20188
20177.9
20167.9
20157.9
20147.9
20137.9
20128
20118.1
20108.2
20098.3
20088.4
20078.5
20068.6
20058.7
20048.8
20038.9
20029.1
20019.2
20009.3
19999.4
19989.6
19979.7
19969.8
199510
199410.1
199310.2
199210.4
199110.5
199010.7
198910.8
198811
198711.1
198611.3
198511.5
198411.7
198311.9
198212
198112.2
198012.3

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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