Table 3.
Prevalence of child stunting and wasting, by country
| Country | Stunting (%) | Wasting (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child age range (months) | ||||||||||||
| 0–5 | 6–11 | 12–17 | 18–23 | 6–23 | 0–23 | 0–5 | 6–11 | 12–17 | 18–23 | 6–23 | 0–23 | |
| Bangladesh | – | – | – | – | 33.7 (n = 1508) | – | – | – | – | – | 21.4 | – |
| Cambodia | 17.2 (n = 291) | 17.5 (n = 367) | 37.2 (n = 359) | 52.7 (n = 378) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ethiopia | – | – | – | – | – | 46.6 (n = 1 079) | – | – | – | – | – | 17.1 |
| Haiti | 15.5 (n = 260) | 17.3 (n = 256) | 26.7 (n = 312) | 38.1 (n = 230) | – | 24.1 (n = 1 058) | 10.5 | 17.6 | 11.1 | 12.1 | – | 12.7 |
| India | – | – | – | – | – | 38.8 (n = 14 257) | – | – | – | – | – | 26.4 |
| Kenya | 10.6 (n = 492) | 26.6 (n = 591) | 42.9 (n = 510) | 45.3 (n = 502) | 37.9 (n = 1603) | 31.9 (n = 2 095) | 9.2 | 10.8 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| Uganda | 15.9 (n = 235) | 19.4 (n = 273) | 37.5 (n = 267) | 44.5 (n = 236) | 33.2 (n = 777) | 29.2 (n = 1 011) | 7.9 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 11.6 |
| Zambia | – | – | – | – | – | 45.4 (n = 1653) | – | – | – | – | – | 7.4 |
| Zimbabwe | 10.0 (n = 553) | 15.5 (n = 600) | 30.6 (n = 546) | 47.3 (n = 347) | 28.4 (n = 1493) | 23.4 (n = 2046) | 4.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
Age group‐specific sample sizes for the percentage of wasted children are the same as for stunting.