Underweight in adults — all countries

Underweight in adults — CIS

Underweight in adults in the CIS in 2024 — 2.6%. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 0.9 pp.

2024 2.6% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.5%1980
Period minimum 2.6%2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Underweight in adults — CIS, 1980–20242.52.833.33.53.819801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 3.5%1981: 3.5%1982: 3.5%1983: 3.4%1984: 3.4%1985: 3.4%1986: 3.4%1987: 3.3%1988: 3.3%1989: 3.3%1990: 3.3%1991: 3.3%1992: 3.3%1993: 3.3%1994: 3.3%1995: 3.3%1996: 3.3%1997: 3.3%1998: 3.2%1999: 3.2%2000: 3.2%2001: 3.2%2002: 3.2%2003: 3.1%2004: 3.1%2005: 3.1%2006: 3.1%2007: 3%2008: 3%2009: 3%2010: 2.9%2011: 2.9%2012: 2.9%2013: 2.9%2014: 2.8%2015: 2.8%2016: 2.8%2017: 2.7%2018: 2.7%2019: 2.7%2020: 2.7%2021: 2.6%2022: 2.6%2023: 2.6%2024: 2.6%
Change over the period: −0.9 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: CIS

CIS 2.6%
World computed 7.5%
Underweight in adults — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.6 −0 pp
2023 2.6 −0 pp
2022 2.6 −0 pp
2021 2.6 −0 pp
2020 2.7 −0 pp
2019 2.7 −0 pp
2018 2.7 −0 pp
2017 2.7 −0 pp
2016 2.8 −0 pp
2015 2.8 −0 pp
2014 2.8 −0 pp
2013 2.9 −0 pp
2012 2.9 −0 pp
2011 2.9 −0 pp
2010 2.9 −0 pp
2009 3 −0 pp
2008 3 −0 pp
2007 3 −0 pp
2006 3.1 −0 pp
2005 3.1 −0 pp
2004 3.1 −0 pp
2003 3.1 −0 pp
2002 3.2 −0 pp
2001 3.2 −0 pp
2000 3.2 −0 pp
1999 3.2 −0 pp
1998 3.2 −0 pp
1997 3.3 −0 pp
1996 3.3 −0 pp
1995 3.3 −0 pp
1994 3.3 −0 pp
1993 3.3 −0 pp
1992 3.3 −0 pp
1991 3.3 −0 pp
1990 3.3 −0 pp
1989 3.3 −0 pp
1988 3.3 −0 pp
1987 3.3 −0 pp
1986 3.4 −0 pp
1985 3.4 −0 pp
1984 3.4 −0 pp
1983 3.4 −0 pp
1982 3.5 −0 pp
1981 3.5 −0 pp
1980 3.5

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index below 18.5 kg/m². The indicator moves in the direction opposite to obesity, and together they describe what is called the double burden of malnutrition: in many middle-income countries both shares are high at once — underweight persists in the countryside, obesity has already come to the city. The largest values are given by South Asia and the Horn of Africa.

Important: The aggregate by group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one. Underweight in adults and undernourishment are different indicators: the first measures the body, the second the intake of calories.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.