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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
2009,1997,1995,1994,1993,1992,1991,1990,1983
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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1983 to 2009 of Costa Rica. No data until 1982. Number of actual observations by date: 9.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries. Adjusted, comparable data are available at http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/en. Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

Categories, topics:

Health, Climate Change

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
2.678
Minimum:
1.1
jan 1, 2009
Maximum:
5.5
jan 1, 1983
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1983
5.5
+5.5
0.0%
jan 1, 1990
2.4
-3.1
-56.36%
jan 1, 1991
2.5
+0.1
4.17%
jan 1, 1992
2.2
-0.3
-12.0%
jan 1, 1993
2.0
-0.2
-9.09%
jan 1, 1994
2.0
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 1995
1.9
-0.1
-5.0%
jan 1, 1997
4.5
+2.6
136.84%
jan 1, 2009
1.1
-3.4
-75.56%

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