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

6.90percent · 2024-11.5% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.9
20237
20227
20217.1
20207.1
20197.2
20187.3
20177.4
20167.5
20157.6
20147.8
20137.9
20128.1
20118.3
20108.5
20098.7
20088.9
20079.1
20069.3
20059.5
20049.7
20039.8
200210
200110.1
200010.3
199910.4
199810.5
199710.6
199610.8
199510.9
199411
199311.1
199211.2
199111.3
199011.4
198911.5
198811.6
198711.6
198611.7
198511.8
198411.9
198312
198212.2
198112.3
198012.4

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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