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

19.30percent · 2024+4.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202419.3
202319.2
202219
202118.9
202018.8
201918.7
201818.6
201718.5
201618.5
201518.4
201418.4
201318.5
201218.5
201118.6
201018.7
200918.8
200819
200719.2
200619.3
200519.5
200419.7
200319.9
200220
200120.2
200020.4
199920.6
199820.8
199720.9
199621.1
199521.3
199421.4
199321.6
199221.8
199122
199022.2
198922.3
198822.5
198722.7
198622.9
198523.1
198423.3
198323.5
198223.7
198123.8
198024

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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