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Sao Tome and Principe: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

6.30percent · 2024-3.1% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.3
20236.3
20226.3
20216.3
20206.3
20196.3
20186.3
20176.3
20166.4
20156.4
20146.5
20136.6
20126.6
20116.8
20106.9
20097
20087.2
20077.4
20067.6
20057.8
20048
20038.2
20028.4
20018.7
20008.9
19999.2
19989.4
19979.7
19969.9
199510.2
199410.5
199310.7
199211
199111.3
199011.6
198911.8
198812.1
198712.4
198612.7
198513
198413.3
198313.6
198213.9
198114.3
198014.6

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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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