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. 2021 Apr 26;25(6):1563–1576. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021001750

Table 4.

Percentage distribution of household burden of malnutrition by country

Household burden of malnutrition(%)
Country Undernutrition Overweight/obesity Anaemia Double burden Triple burden
Burkina Faso 49·47 10·75 88·19 3·74 3·35
Burundi 60·96 10·61 68·29 3·72 2·19
Cameroon 37·97 34·04 70·16 8·80 6·11
Democratic Republic of Congo 53·81 16·86 70·34 7·33 5·01
Benin 39·26 33·14 68·23 13·99 8·51
Ethiopia 54·36 11·10 65·26 3·18 2·04
Ghana 26·55 37·02 74·75 5·78 4·55
Guinea 41·69 20·08 81·86 5·68 4·59
Cote d’Ivoire 35·52 23·32 82·15 6·03 4·68
Kenya 37·63 28·57 6·56
Lesotho 37·57 46·69 57·78 13·81 8·66
Madagascar 54·98 5·46 62·16 1·71 1·09
Malawi 39·17 24·19 66·69 7·69 4·89
Mali 46·84 19·72 84·53 6·69 5·61
Mozambique 44·55 21·66 64·71 8·37 5·20
Namibia 30·29 36·91 51·41 7·02 4·43
Niger 52·11 22·01 78·20 8·56 6·81
Nigeria 47·22 28·03 10·10
Rwanda 40·37 30·41 42·60 9·72 4·30
South Africa 24·20 74·66 56·27 17·12 10·49
Zimbabwe 29·17 41·82 45·73 9·60 4·64
Tanzania 40·22 28·42 71·07 8·61 5·98
Zambia 45·74 24·75 9·61
Total 45·02 24·14 69·30 8·02 4·60