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Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)
2014,2008,2003,2000,1997,1996,1993
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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 1993 to 2014 of Zambia. No data until 1992. 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. 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:
49.9
Minimum:
40.0
jan 1, 2014
Maximum:
58.1
jan 1, 1996
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1993
46.4
+46.4
0.0%
jan 1, 1996
58.1
+11.7
25.22%
jan 1, 1997
48.6
-9.5
-16.35%
jan 1, 2000
57.9
+9.3
19.14%
jan 1, 2003
52.5
-5.4
-9.33%
jan 1, 2008
45.8
-6.7
-12.76%
jan 1, 2014
40.0
-5.8
-12.66%

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