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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
2015,2011,2010,2007,2005,2001,1999,1996,1993,1982
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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 1982 to 2015 of Malawi. No data until 1981. Number of actual observations by date: 10.

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:
19.63
Minimum:
12.1
jan 1, 2010
Maximum:
26.5
jan 1, 1996
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1982
21.1
+21.1
0.0%
jan 1, 1993
24.4
+3.3
15.64%
jan 1, 1996
26.5
+2.1
8.61%
jan 1, 1999
26.3
-0.2
-0.75%
jan 1, 2001
21.5
-4.8
-18.25%
jan 1, 2005
18.4
-3.1
-14.42%
jan 1, 2007
15.5
-2.9
-15.76%
jan 1, 2010
12.1
-3.4
-21.94%
jan 1, 2011
13.8
+1.7
14.05%
jan 1, 2015
16.7
+2.9
21.01%

Ranking of countries by current statistics by years