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

15.70percent · 2024-14.7% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202415.7
202315.9
202216.1
202116.3
202016.6
201916.8
201817.1
201717.4
201617.7
201518
201418.4
201318.8
201219.2
201119.6
201020
200920.4
200820.8
200721.2
200621.6
200522
200422.4
200322.9
200223.3
200123.7
200024
199924.4
199824.8
199725.2
199625.6
199526.1
199426.5
199326.9
199227.4
199127.8
199028.3
198928.8
198829.2
198729.7
198630.1
198530.6
198431
198331.4
198231.8
198132.2
198032.6

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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