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

6.60percent · 2024-2.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.6
20236.6
20226.6
20216.6
20206.7
20196.7
20186.7
20176.7
20166.8
20156.8
20146.8
20136.9
20126.9
20117
20107
20097.1
20087.2
20077.3
20067.4
20057.5
20047.6
20037.7
20027.9
20018
20008.2
19998.4
19988.6
19978.8
19969
19959.2
19949.4
19939.7
19929.9
199110.1
199010.4
198910.6
198810.9
198711.1
198611.4
198511.6
198411.9
198312.1
198212.4
198112.7
198013

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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