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Papua New Guinea: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

3.20percent · 2024-5.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20243.2
20233.2
20223.2
20213.2
20203.2
20193.2
20183.3
20173.3
20163.3
20153.3
20143.4
20133.4
20123.5
20113.5
20103.6
20093.6
20083.7
20073.7
20063.8
20053.9
20043.9
20034
20024.1
20014.2
20004.3
19994.4
19984.4
19974.5
19964.6
19954.7
19944.8
19934.9
19925
19915.1
19905.2
19895.3
19885.4
19875.6
19865.7
19855.8
19846
19836.1
19826.3
19816.4
19806.6

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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