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Underweight in adults — Liberia

Underweight in adults in Liberia in 2024 — 6.1%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 199. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 10.3 pp.

2024 6.1% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 134of 199
Period maximum 16.4%1980
Period minimum 6.1%2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Underweight in adults — Liberia, 1980–2024510152019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 16.4%1981: 16.1%1982: 15.8%1983: 15.5%1984: 15.2%1985: 14.9%1986: 14.6%1987: 14.3%1988: 14%1989: 13.7%1990: 13.4%1991: 13.2%1992: 12.9%1993: 12.6%1994: 12.3%1995: 12%1996: 11.8%1997: 11.5%1998: 11.2%1999: 10.9%2000: 10.6%2001: 10.4%2002: 10.1%2003: 9.8%2004: 9.5%2005: 9.2%2006: 9%2007: 8.7%2008: 8.4%2009: 8.2%2010: 8%2011: 7.7%2012: 7.5%2013: 7.4%2014: 7.2%2015: 7%2016: 6.9%2017: 6.8%2018: 6.7%2019: 6.5%2020: 6.4%2021: 6.4%2022: 6.3%2023: 6.2%2024: 6.1%
Change over the period: −10.3 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Liberia 6.1%
World computed 7.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 12.1%
Western Africa computed 10%
Low-income countries computed 13.8%
Underweight in adults — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 6.1 −0.1 pp
2023 6.2 −0.1 pp
2022 6.3 −0.1 pp
2021 6.4 −0.1 pp
2020 6.4 −0.1 pp
2019 6.5 −0.1 pp
2018 6.7 −0.1 pp
2017 6.8 −0.1 pp
2016 6.9 −0.1 pp
2015 7 −0.2 pp
2014 7.2 −0.2 pp
2013 7.4 −0.2 pp
2012 7.5 −0.2 pp
2011 7.7 −0.2 pp
2010 8 −0.2 pp
2009 8.2 −0.2 pp
2008 8.4 −0.3 pp
2007 8.7 −0.3 pp
2006 9 −0.3 pp
2005 9.2 −0.3 pp
2004 9.5 −0.3 pp
2003 9.8 −0.3 pp
2002 10.1 −0.3 pp
2001 10.4 −0.3 pp
2000 10.6 −0.3 pp
1999 10.9 −0.3 pp
1998 11.2 −0.3 pp
1997 11.5 −0.3 pp
1996 11.8 −0.3 pp
1995 12 −0.3 pp
1994 12.3 −0.3 pp
1993 12.6 −0.3 pp
1992 12.9 −0.3 pp
1991 13.2 −0.3 pp
1990 13.4 −0.3 pp
1989 13.7 −0.3 pp
1988 14 −0.3 pp
1987 14.3 −0.3 pp
1986 14.6 −0.3 pp
1985 14.9 −0.3 pp
1984 15.2 −0.3 pp
1983 15.5 −0.3 pp
1982 15.8 −0.3 pp
1981 16.1 −0.3 pp
1980 16.4 —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 5.1 LR Liberia 6.1 SL Sierra Leone 6.3 CI Côte d'Ivoire 7.7 GH Ghana 7.8 MR Mauritania 7.9 TG Togo 8.2 BJ Benin 8.5 NG Nigeria 9.3 ML Mali 9.5 GN Guinea 10 GW Guinea-Bissau 10.8 GM Gambia 11.9 BF Burkina Faso 12.5 SN Senegal 15.7 NE Niger 19.3
Full table for all countries

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.

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