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South Sudan: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

17.40percent · 2024-0.6% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.4
202317.4
202217.3
202117.3
202017.3
201917.3
201817.3
201717.4
201617.4
201517.5
201417.5
201317.7
201217.8
201118
201018.1
200918.3
200818.5
200718.6
200618.8
200519
200419.1
200319.3
200219.4
200119.5
200019.7
199919.8
199819.9
199720
199620.1
199520.2
199420.3
199320.4
199220.5
199120.6
199020.7
198920.9
198821
198721.1
198621.2
198521.3
198421.4
198321.6
198221.7
198121.8
198021.9

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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