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Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
2015,2014,2012,2009,2008,2004,1991
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Prevalence of 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:
11.757
Minimum:
7.1
jan 1, 2015
Maximum:
17.4
jan 1, 2014
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1991
11.0
+11.0
0.0%
jan 1, 2004
10.4
-0.6
-5.45%
jan 1, 2008
12.9
+2.5
24.04%
jan 1, 2009
14.0
+1.1
8.53%
jan 1, 2012
9.5
-4.5
-32.14%
jan 1, 2014
17.4
+7.9
83.16%
jan 1, 2015
7.1
-10.3
-59.2%

Ranking of countries by current statistics by years