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

6.80percent · 2024-29.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.8
20237
20227.3
20217.5
20207.8
20198
20188.3
20178.6
20169
20159.3
20149.7
201310.1
201210.5
201111
201011.4
200911.8
200812.3
200712.7
200613.2
200513.7
200414.2
200314.7
200215.2
200115.6
200016.1
199916.6
199817
199717.5
199618
199518.5
199419
199319.5
199220
199120.5
199021
198921.6
198822.1
198722.6
198623.2
198523.7
198424.2
198324.7
198225.2
198125.7
198026.1

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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