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Sierra Leone: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

6.30percent · 2024-30.0% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.3
20236.5
20226.7
20217
20207.2
20197.5
20187.8
20178.1
20168.4
20158.7
20149
20139.4
20129.8
201110.2
201010.6
200911
200811.4
200711.9
200612.3
200512.7
200413.1
200313.5
200213.9
200114.3
200014.6
199915
199815.3
199715.7
199616
199516.3
199416.6
199316.9
199217.2
199117.5
199017.8
198918.1
198818.3
198718.6
198618.9
198519.2
198419.4
198319.7
198220
198120.3
198020.5

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 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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