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

9.40percent · 2024-34.3% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20249.4
20239.8
202210.2
202110.7
202011.1
201911.6
201812.1
201712.6
201613.1
201513.7
201414.3
201314.9
201215.5
201116.2
201016.9
200917.6
200818.3
200719
200619.7
200520.5
200421.2
200322
200222.7
200123.5
200024.2
199925
199825.7
199726.5
199627.2
199527.9
199428.6
199329.3
199230
199130.6
199031.3
198932
198832.7
198733.4
198634.1
198534.8
198435.5
198336.1
198236.8
198137.4
198038.1

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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