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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)
2015,2012,2009,2007,2004,2000,1994,1989
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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1989 to 2015 of Ghana. No data until 1988. Number of actual observations by date: 8.

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

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
3.087
Minimum:
0.9
jan 1, 1989
Maximum:
5.9
jan 1, 2009
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1989
0.9
+0.9
0.0%
jan 1, 1994
2.9
+2.0
222.22%
jan 1, 2000
2.7
-0.2
-6.9%
jan 1, 2004
4.5
+1.8
66.67%
jan 1, 2007
2.6
-1.9
-42.22%
jan 1, 2009
5.9
+3.3
126.92%
jan 1, 2012
2.6
-3.3
-55.93%
jan 1, 2015
2.6
0.0
0.0%

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