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Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)
2013,2010,2008,2001,1996,1994,1988,1979
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Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1979 to 2013 of Sri Lanka. No data until 1978. Number of actual observations by date: 8.

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, Aid Effectiveness

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
25.875
Minimum:
14.7
jan 1, 2013
Maximum:
50.4
jan 1, 1979
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1979
50.4
+50.4
0.0%
jan 1, 1988
31.2
-19.2
-38.1%
jan 1, 1994
29.7
-1.5
-4.81%
jan 1, 1996
26.1
-3.6
-12.12%
jan 1, 2001
18.4
-7.7
-29.5%
jan 1, 2008
17.3
-1.1
-5.98%
jan 1, 2010
19.2
+1.9
10.98%
jan 1, 2013
14.7
-4.5
-23.44%

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