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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) (World Bank WDI)

World Bank indicators. Per cent, annual.

Data source: World Bank, wdi_lka.zip (8 Oct 2026)

Macro Lab · LK.SOC.WDI.SH_STA_OWGH_MA_ZS.A · CC BY 4.0

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  • Source World Bank, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Per cent
  • Date range 1987 – 2016
  • Last checked 8 Oct 2026

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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) (World Bank WDI)
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World Bank: World Development Indicators and International Debt Statistics (World Bank)
Source page
https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka
Licence
Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Notes
World Bank, World Development Indicators, SH.STA.OWGH.MA.ZS, Sri Lanka. Data source (as the World Bank gives it): UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology; World Health Organization (WHO), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology; World Bank (WB), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka.

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