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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)
2015,2014,2012,2009,2008,2004,1991
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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% 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, Gender

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
28.671
Minimum:
21.3
jan 1, 2015
Maximum:
37.0
jan 1, 1991
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1991
37.0
+37.0
0.0%
jan 1, 2004
29.1
-7.9
-21.35%
jan 1, 2008
27.2
-1.9
-6.53%
jan 1, 2009
28.6
+1.4
5.15%
jan 1, 2012
24.6
-4.0
-13.99%
jan 1, 2014
32.9
+8.3
33.74%
jan 1, 2015
21.3
-11.6
-35.26%

Ranking of countries by current statistics by years