Table 4 The regional variation of under-nutrition among late adolescent girls over time in Ethiopia (EDHS 2000–2016)

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