Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

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/world-development-indicators/sh.sta.stnt.zs/

├ README.md

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├ data.csv

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└ datapackage.json

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README.md— documentation

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Schema

name	type	description
Country Name	string	Country or Region name
Country Code	string	ISO 3-digit ISO code extended to include regional codes e.g. EUR, ARB etc
Year	year	Year
Value	number	Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.

Data Files

File	Description	Size	Last modified	Download
data		27.6 kB	2 months ago	data

Files	Size	Format	Created	Updated	License	Source
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Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.