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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
2015,2014,2012,2009,2008,2004,1991
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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1991 to 2015 of Nigeria. No data until 1990. Number of actual observations by date: 7.

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.

Categories, topics:

Health

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
5.0
Minimum:
1.7
jan 1, 2015
Maximum:
8.5
jan 1, 2014
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1991
4.2
+4.2
0.0%
jan 1, 2004
4.3
+0.1
2.38%
jan 1, 2008
6.4
+2.1
48.84%
jan 1, 2009
7.2
+0.8
12.5%
jan 1, 2012
2.7
-4.5
-62.5%
jan 1, 2014
8.5
+5.8
214.81%
jan 1, 2015
1.7
-6.8
-80.0%

Ranking of countries by current statistics by years