Table 2.
Age-specific absolute and annualized changes in stunting, wasting and overweight from first survey to final survey among children <2 years and children ≥2 years from thirty-six low- and middle-income countries, grouped by World Bank income group
| Stunting | Wasting | Overweight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2 years | ≥2 years | <2 years | ≥2 years | <2 years | ≥2 years | ||||||||
| Country | Time range | Absolute change (%) | Annualized change (%/year) | Absolute change (%) | Annualized change (%/year) | Absolute change (%) | Annualized change (%/year) | Absolute change (%) | Annualized change (%/year) | Absolute change (%) | Annualized change (%/year) | Absolute change (%) | Annualized change (%/year) |
| Low-income countries | |||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 1996–2011 | −13·4 | −0·89 | −23·9 | −1·59 | −13·8 | −0·92 | 0·6 | 0·04 | 0·3 | 0·02 | −0·3 | −0·02 |
| Benin | 1996–2006 | 10·9 | 1·09 | −9·0 | −0·90 | −8·6 | −0·86 | −4·3 | −0·43 | 10·1 | 1·01 | 5·0 | 0·50 |
| Burkina Faso | 1992–2010 | −1·0 | −0·06 | −9·6 | −0·54 | 0·6 | 0·03 | 1·7 | 0·1·0 | 0·0 | 0·00 | −0·5 | −0·03 |
| Cambodia | 2000–2010 | −5·1 | −0·51 | −12·9 | −1·29 | −5·9 | −0·59 | −5·0 | −0·50 | −2·9 | −0·29 | −1·1 | −0·11 |
| Ethiopia | 2000–2011 | −14·8 | −1·35 | −12·1 | −1·10 | −4·4 | −0·40 | −1·4 | −0·13 | −0·6 | −0·06 | 0·4 | 0·03 |
| Guinea | 1999–2005 | 2·0 | 0·33 | 7·9 | 1·31 | 0·0 | 0·00 | 1·7 | 0·28 | 1·5 | 0·26 | 0·5 | 0·08 |
| Haiti | 1994–2012 | −10·6 | −0·59 | −19·7 | −1·09 | −5·4 | −0·30 | −3·1 | −0·17 | −1·7 | −0·09 | 0·8 | 0·04 |
| Kenya | 1993–2008 | 0·0 | 0·00 | −8·0 | −0·53 | −1·4 | −0·09 | 0·6 | 0·04 | 0·8 | 0·05 | −2·1 | −0·14 |
| Malawi | 1992–2010 | 1·9 | 0·11 | −19·2 | −1·07 | −3·7 | −0·20 | −0·9 | −0·05 | 2·3 | 0·13 | −3·6 | −0·20 |
| Mali | 1995–2006 | 2·7 | 0·24 | −14·5 | −1·32 | −8·0 | −0·73 | −8·0 | −0·72 | 3·6 | 0·33 | 1·6 | 0·15 |
| Mozambique | 1997–2011 | 2·1 | 0·15 | −19·5 | −1·39 | −5·2 | −0·37 | −3·1 | −0·22 | 4·9 | 0·35 | −1·6 | −0·12 |
| Nepal | 1996–2011 | −21·9 | −1·46 | −26·8 | −1·79 | −1·6 | −0·11 | −1·3 | −0·09 | 1·3 | 0·08 | −0·1 | 0·00 |
| Niger | 1992–2006 | 7·3 | 0·52 | 5·0 | 0·36 | −8·1 | −0·58 | −3·1 | −0·22 | 2·3 | 0·16 | 1·1 | 0·08 |
| Rwanda | 1992–2010 | −9·6 | −0·54 | −14·8 | −0·82 | −3·6 | −0·20 | −0·2 | −0·01 | 4·6 | 0·26 | 2·7 | 0·15 |
| Tanzania | 1991–2010 | −5·0 | −0·27 | −11·3 | −0·59 | −2·0 | −0·10 | −3·0 | −0·16 | 1·8 | 0·09 | −1·8 | −0·09 |
| Uganda | 1995–2011 | −10·9 | −0·68 | −18·8 | −1·18 | −0·9 | −0·06 | −0·8 | −0·05 | 0·0 | 0·00 | −2·2 | −0·14 |
| Zimbabwe | 1994–2010 | 3·3 | 0·21 | −5·2 | −0·32 | −2·5 | −0·16 | −2·4 | −0·15 | −0·2 | −0·01 | −1·6 | −0·10 |
| Average | −3·7 | −0·22 | −12·5 | −0·81 | −4·4 | −0·33 | −1·9 | −0·14 | 1·7 | 0·13 | −0·2 | 0·00 | |
| Middle-income countries | |||||||||||||
| Armenia | 2000–2010 | 3·4 | 0·34 | 1·1 | 0·11 | 0·2 | 0·02 | 2·4 | 0·24 | −3·7 | −0·37 | 2·2 | 0·22 |
| Bolivia | 1994–2008 | −7·9 | −0·56 | −14·1 | −1·01 | −3·3 | −0·24 | −3·6 | −0·26 | 0·8 | 0·05 | 1·0 | 0·07 |
| Cameroon | 1991–2011 | −1·5 | −0·08 | −6·4 | −0·32 | 2·2 | 0·11 | 1·1 | 0·06 | 2·0 | 0·10 | 1·0 | 0·05 |
| Colombia | 1995–2010 | −1·8 | −0·11 | −11·7 | −0·69 | −1·0 | −0·06 | −1·2 | −0·07 | 0·9 | 0·05 | 0·1 | 0·01 |
| Congo Brazza | 2005–2011 | −4·1 | −0·28 | −9·5 | −0·64 | −0·7 | −0·05 | −0·8 | −0·05 | 0·7 | 0·04 | 0·0 | 0·00 |
| Cote D’Ivoire | 1994–2011 | −4·2 | −0·70 | −9·2 | −1·53 | −2·5 | −0·42 | −1·7 | −0·29 | −5·3 | −0·89 | −4·5 | −0·76 |
| Dominican Republic | 1991–2007 | −11·3 | −0·70 | −9·6 | −0·60 | −0·2 | −0·01 | 0·4 | 0·03 | 4·5 | 0·28 | 4·0 | 0·25 |
| Egypt | 1992–2008 | −1·4 | −0·09 | 0·0 | 0·00 | 2·9 | 0·18 | 4·1 | 0·25 | 7·6 | 0·47 | 4·9 | 0·31 |
| Gabon | 2000–2012 | −7·2 | −0·60 | −11·3 | −0·94 | −2·1 | −0·18 | 0·5 | 0·04 | 3·4 | 0·28 | 1·6 | 0·14 |
| Ghana | 1993–2008 | −4·8 | −0·32 | −16·6 | −1·11 | −1·9 | −0·13 | −3·4 | −0·23 | 2·4 | 0·16 | 3·4 | 0·23 |
| Honduras | 2005–2011 | −5·8 | −0·96 | −7·0 | −1·17 | −0·1 | −0·01 | −0·1 | −0·01 | −0·8 | −0·13 | −0·5 | −0·08 |
| India | 1992–2005 | −6·5 | −0·50 | −17·2 | −1·33 | −1·1 | −0·08 | 1·7 | 0·13 | −0·4 | −0·03 | −1·3 | −0·10 |
| Jordan | 1990–2009 | −10·2 | −0·53 | −12·2 | −0·64 | −3·3 | −0·17 | −1·9 | −0·10 | −3·4 | −0·18 | −0·9 | −0·05 |
| Lesotho | 2004–2009 | −6·3 | −1·26 | −3·6 | −0·72 | −2·1 | −0·41 | −0·4 | −0·08 | 2·0 | 0·40 | −0·3 | −0·06 |
| Namibia | 1992–2006 | −6·9 | −0·50 | −3·4 | −0·24 | −0·6 | −0·04 | −3·0 | −0·21 | 0·9 | 0·06 | 0·7 | 0·05 |
| Nigeria | 1990–2008 | 0·7 | 0·04 | −17·8 | −0·99 | 2·7 | 0·15 | 2·7 | 0·15 | 7·8 | 0·43 | 5·4 | 0·30 |
| Peru | 1992–2012 | −7·8 | −0·39 | −26·6 | −1·33 | −1·7 | −0·08 | −0·8 | −0·04 | −1·5 | −0·07 | −2·1 | −0·11 |
| Senegal | 1992–2010 | 1·0 | 0·06 | −9·4 | −0·52 | −1·5 | −0·08 | 2·2 | 0·12 | −1·4 | −0·08 | −0·6 | −0·03 |
| Zambia | 1992–2007 | 1·5 | 0·10 | −3·8 | −0·25 | −0·9 | −0·06 | −0·3 | −0·02 | 6·1 | 0·40 | 2·6 | 0·17 |
| Average | −4·3 | −0·37 | −9·9 | −0·73 | −0·8 | −0·08 | −0·1 | −0·02 | 1·2 | 0·05 | 0·9 | 0·03 | |