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

7.90percent · 2024-11.2% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20247.9
20238
20228.1
20218.1
20208.2
20198.3
20188.4
20178.5
20168.6
20158.8
20148.9
20139.1
20129.3
20119.5
20109.7
200910
200810.2
200710.5
200610.8
200511.1
200411.4
200311.7
200212
200112.4
200012.7
199913
199813.4
199713.7
199614
199514.4
199414.7
199315
199215.3
199115.7
199016
198916.3
198816.6
198717
198617.3
198517.7
198418
198318.3
198218.7
198119
198019.3

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 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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