Table 1.
Study settings: national data
| Ethiopia | India | Peru | Vietnam | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2013 | 2006 | 2013 | 2006 | 2013 | 2006 | 2013 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | 796 | 1336 | 3514 | 5244 | 7975 | 11395 | 3687 | 5125 |
| GDP per capita growth (annual %) | 7·8 | 7·7 | 7·7 | 5·6 | 6·3 | 4·4 | 5·8 | 4·3 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)† | 79·3 | – | 55·8 | 47·2 | 32·9 | 25·8 | 51·7 | 47·4 |
| Prevalence of stunting (% of children under 5 years)‡ § | 50·7 | 40·4 | 47·9 | – | 29·8 | 18·4 | 31·8 | 23·3 |
| Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5 years)§ || | 5·1 | 2·6 | 1·9 | – | 9·1 | 7·2 | 3·1 | 4·6 |
| Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children of pre-school age(%)¶ | 46 | 62 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/capita per d)†† | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 26 |
GDP, gross domestic product; PPP, purchasing power parity.
Data on GDP, GDP growth, employment in agriculture, stunting and overweight were retrieved from the World Bank( 43 ); data on vitamin A deficiency were sourced from the WHO(44); and data on protein supply were sourced from the FAO( 45 ).
Data for Ethiopia relate to 2005 (latest available), for India to 2005 and 2012, for Peru to 2006 and 2011, and for Vietnam to 2006 and 2012.
Percentage of children under age 5 years whose height-for-age is below –2 sd from the median height-for-age of the WHO reference population of the corresponding age.
Data for Ethiopia relate to 2005 and 2014, for India to 2006 (latest available), for Peru to 2005 and 2012, and for Vietnam to 2006 and 2010.
Percentage of children under age 5 years whose weight-for-height is more than 2 sd above the median weight-for-height of the international reference population of the corresponding age.
Latest data available: Ethiopia 1996–1997, India 2001–2003, Peru 2001, Vietnam 2001.
Data relate to the average 2005–2007 and 2009–2011 (latest available).