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

11.90percent · 2024+0.8% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202411.9
202311.9
202211.8
202111.8
202011.8
201911.8
201811.8
201711.8
201611.8
201511.8
201411.8
201311.8
201211.8
201111.8
201011.8
200911.9
200811.9
200712
200612.1
200512.3
200412.4
200312.6
200212.8
200113
200013.3
199913.5
199813.7
199713.9
199614.1
199514.3
199414.6
199314.8
199215
199115.2
199015.4
198915.7
198815.9
198716.1
198616.4
198516.6
198416.8
198317.1
198217.3
198117.6
198017.8

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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