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Viet Nam: Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

12.10percent · 2024-33.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.1
202312.6
202213
202113.6
202014.1
201914.7
201815.3
201716
201616.7
201517.4
201418.2
201319
201219.8
201120.6
201021.5
200922.3
200823.2
200724
200624.8
200525.6
200426.4
200327.2
200227.9
200128.6
200029.3
199929.9
199830.6
199731.2
199631.8
199532.5
199433.1
199333.7
199234.3
199134.9
199035.5
198936
198836.6
198737.1
198637.7
198538.2
198438.6
198339.1
198239.5
198140
198040.4

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 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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