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

12.60percent · 2024-11.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.6
202312.8
202212.9
202113
202013.2
201913.3
201813.5
201713.7
201613.9
201514.1
201414.3
201314.6
201214.9
201115.2
201015.4
200915.7
200816
200716.3
200616.6
200516.9
200417.1
200317.4
200217.6
200117.8
200018.1
199918.3
199818.5
199718.6
199618.8
199519
199419.1
199319.3
199219.4
199119.6
199019.7
198919.8
198820
198720.1
198620.2
198520.4
198420.5
198320.6
198220.8
198120.9
198021

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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