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Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
2015,2010,2006,2004,2001,1999,1995,1994,1988,1983,1979
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Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1979 to 2015 of Kenya. No data until 1978. Number of actual observations by date: 11.

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:
6.873
Minimum:
4.0
jan 1, 2015
Maximum:
9.4
jan 1, 1995
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1979
6.6
+6.6
0.0%
jan 1, 1983
5.8
-0.8
-12.12%
jan 1, 1988
5.7
-0.1
-1.72%
jan 1, 1994
7.1
+1.4
24.56%
jan 1, 1995
9.4
+2.3
32.39%
jan 1, 1999
8.7
-0.7
-7.45%
jan 1, 2001
7.4
-1.3
-14.94%
jan 1, 2004
6.2
-1.2
-16.22%
jan 1, 2006
7.7
+1.5
24.19%
jan 1, 2010
7.0
-0.7
-9.09%
jan 1, 2015
4.0
-3.0
-42.86%

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