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Table 2 Percent prevalence of stunting, wasting, and overweight of children under 5, non-exclusive breastfed (NEBF) children under 6 months, and anemia in women of reproductive age in Ethiopia according to four national surveys [9,10,11,12]

From: Ethiopian progress towards achieving the global nutrition targets of 2025: analysis of sub-national trends and progress inequalities

Region

Stunting

Wasting

Overweight

Anemia

NEBF

2011

2025a

2011

2019b

2011

2019c

2011

2025a

2011

2025a

Addis Ababa

21.84

13.10

9.7

7.2

5.65

4.50

9.3

4.65

64.3

45.0

Affar

50.39

30.24

4.6

2.3

2.14

1.60

34.8

17.4

81.0

56.7

Amhara

51.62

30.97

19.5

13.9

2.08

0.80

16.6

8.3

28.4

19.8

Ben Gumuz

49.13

29.48

9.9

7.6

1.73

1.60

19.1

9.55

55.4

38.8

Dire Dawa

36.53

21.92

9.9

6.1

2.13

1.60

28.8

14.4

60.0

42.0

Gambela

27.36

16.42

12.3

5.8

0.69

0.50

19.4

9.7

70.5

49.3

Harari

30.34

18.20

12.5

12.5

2.02

2.50

19.4

9.7

56.8

39.8

Oromiya

41.46

24.87

9.1

4.2

1.54

3.20

19.2

9.6

53.4

37.4

SNNP

44.30

26.58

9.7

4.7

2.25

1.40

11.3

5.65

47.2

33.0

Somali

33.13

19.88

7.6

6.3

1.40

0.80

44

22

81.0

56.7

Tigray

51.49

30.90

22.2

21.1

0.99

1.90

12.4

6.2

41.4

28.9

National

44.44

26.66

10.3

9.2

1.8

2.1

16.6

8.3

48.0

33.6

  1. SNNP South Nations Nationalities and People’s region, Ben Gumuz Benishangul Gumuz region
  2. aRequired prevalence to achieve the 2025 target
  3. bTarget is to keep prevalence below 5%
  4. cTo have no increase in the prevalence of overweight children