Table 4.

The regional variation of under-nutrition among late adolescent girls over time in Ethiopia (EDHS 2000–2016)

Sr. No	Region	EDHS 2000		EDHS 2005		EDHS 2011		EDHS 2016
		Under-nutrition%	Not under-nutrition%	Under-nutrition%	Not under-nutrition%	under-nutrition%	Not under-nutrition%	under-nutrition%	Not under-nutrition%
1.	Tigray	42.55	57.45	46.43	53.57	52.31	47.69	43.31	56.01
2.	Afar	38.93	61.07	46.34	53.66	46.74	53.26	42.99	57.01
3.	Amhara	42.72	57.28	37.87	62.13	44.86	55.14	34.32	65.68
4.	Oromia	31.93	68.07	25.43	74.57	30.11	69.89	26.58	73.42
5.	Somali	54.64	45.36	57.39	42.61	42.48	57.52	45.14	54.86
6.	Ben. Gumuz	48.16	51.84	34.18	65.82	30.27	6973	20.78	79.22
7.	SNNPR	40.94	59.06	27.13	72.87	24.33	75.67	17.37	82.63
8.	Gambela	35.84	64.16	31.36	68.64	26.08	73.92	38.29	61.71
9.	Harari	33.47	66.33	21.95	78.05	31.12	68.88	29.35	79.65
10.	Addis Ababa	23.28	76.72	18.15	81.85	21.25	78.75	20.35	79.54
11.	Dire Dawa	34.95	65.05	37.50	62.50	29.22	70.78	28.46	71.54
12.	Total	36.79	63.21	30.86	69.14	34.82	65.18	28.22	71.78