Table 1 Summary statistics from 35 SSA countries on nutrition indicators among under-five children; DHS, 2008-2017
Country | Study year | Sample size (n) | Stunted (%) | Under-5 death (%) | Underweight (%) | Wasted (%) | Overweight (%) | Anemia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild (%) | Moderate (%) | Severe (%) | ||||||||
Central SSA | ||||||||||
 Madagascar | 2008/09 | 12,448 | 48.4 | 5.6 |  |  |  | 30.4 | 19.6 | 0.9 |
 Angola | 2015/16 | 14,322 | 37.4 | 4.9 | 19.4 | 5.1 | 56.8 | 30.1 | 32.1 | 2.6 |
 Congo | 2011/12 | 9329 | 26.8 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 53.7 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 1.2 |
 Gabon | 2012 | 6067 | 22.9 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 48.3 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 1.8 |
 Democratic Republic of Congo | 2013/14 | 18,716 | 44.1 | 8.0 | 23.2 | 7.9 | 58.7 | 24.7 | 34.6 | 3.7 |
 Total estimate | 2008–2016 | 60,882 | 37.8 | 6.1 | 17.8 | 6.0 | 54.6 | 28.7 | 30.7 | 2.3 |
P |  |  | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
East SSA | ||||||||||
 Burundi | 2016/17 | 13,192 | 54.6 | 5.5 | 28.9 | 5.1 | 54.8 | 24.9 | 30.9 | 3.3 |
 Comoros | 2012 | 3149 | 27.7 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 30.8 |  |  |  |
 Ethiopia | 2016 | 10,641 | 36.4 | 6.0 | 25.3 | 12.1 | 18.0 | 23.7 | 32.5 | 4.0 |
 Kenya | 2014 | 20,964 | 27.1 | 4.2 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 14.2 |  |  |  |
 Malawi | 2015/16 | 17,286 | 35.2 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 3.2 | 71.3 | 27.0 | 34.4 | 1.8 |
 Mozambique | 2011 | 11,102 | 39.3 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 5.2 | 22.6 | 26.2 | 36.7 | 3.4 |
 Rwanda | 2014/15 | 7856 | 37.4 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 58.6 | 20.4 | 14.7 | 0.7 |
 Tanzania | 2015/16 | 10,233 | 33.6 | 5.1 | 13.7 | 4.9 | 15.6 | 27.2 | 29.7 | 1.5 |
 Uganda | 2016 | 15,522 | 28.4 | 5.2 | 10.8 | 3.9 | 72.7 | 24.4 | 27.8 | 2.3 |
 Zambia | 2013/14 | 13,457 | 39.6 | 5.5 | 14.9 | 6.3 | 20.1 |  |  |  |
 Total estimate | 2011–2016 | 123,402 | 35.3 | 5.2 | 15.7 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 25.1 | 30.3 | 2.6 |
P |  |  | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
South SSA | ||||||||||
 Lesotho | 2014 | 3138 | 34.6 | 7.1 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 61.6 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 1.7 |
 South Africa | 2016 | 3548 | 25.9 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 73.5 | 25.8 | 32.6 | 2.7 |
 Namibia | 2013 | 5046 | 23.2 | 4.5 | 13.8 | 8.0 | 70.3 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 1.0 |
 Zimbabwe | 2015 | 6132 | 25.6 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 24.8 | 22.2 | 15.4 | 0.5 |
 Total estimate | 2013–2016 | 17,864 | 26.5 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 53.8 | 23.6 | 20.9 | 1.0 |
P |  |  | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
West SSA | ||||||||||
 Sao Tome and Principe | 2008/09 | 1931 | 27.6 | 4.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 32.9 | 31.5 | 27.9 | 1.0 |
 Nigeria | 2013 | 31,482 | 36.1 | 9.2 | 26.9 | 16.6 | 25.2 |  |  |  |
 Guinea | 2012 | 7039 | 30.8 | 8.7 | 17.8 | 9.9 | 57.7 | 23.4 | 45.2 | 7.6 |
 Niger | 2012 | 12,558 | 41.9 | 7.6 | 35.5 | 18.3 | 63.0 | 26.1 | 46.0 | 2.8 |
 Benin | 2012 | 13,407 | 44.0 | 5.4 | 21.5 | 16.4 | 53.0 | 26.4 | 29.4 | 2.9 |
 Cameroon | 2011 | 11,732 | 31.6 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 5.4 | 59.8 | 27.8 | 32.3 | 2.0 |
 Chad | 2014/15 | 18,623 | 42.9 | 9.3 | 32.5 | 14.2 | 48.5 |  |  |  |
 Ghana | 2014 | 5884 | 19.2 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 54.9 | 27.4 | 39.4 | 2.8 |
 Burkina-Faso | 2010 | 15,044 | 34.2 | 8.8 | 24.9 | 15.3 | 57.6 | 18.5 | 59.0 | 10.9 |
 Cote d’Ivoire | 2011/12 | 7776 | 29.8 | 8.8 | 14.6 | 7.1 | 60.0 | 24.9 | 47.0 | 3.5 |
 Liberia | 2013 | 7606 | 30.9 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 6.6 | 59.5 |  |  |  |
 Mali | 2012/13 | 10,326 | 37.8 | 7.2 | 25.2 | 12.6 | 59.1 | 21.4 | 51.1 | 8.6 |
 Senegal | 2017 | 12,185 | 19.1 | 4.8 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 12.3 | 27.9 | 43.0 | 3.4 |
 Sierra Leone | 2013 | 11,938 | 37.7 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 9.4 | 68.8 | 26.2 | 47.6 | 6.6 |
 Togo | 2013/14 | 6979 | 28.3 | 6.4 | 16.8 | 7.3 | 55.2 | 26.0 | 42.4 | 2.6 |
 Gambia | 2013 | 8088 | 25.8 | 3.7 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 62.8 | 24.4 | 44.8 | 4.7 |
 Total estimate | 2010–2015 | 182,598 | 33.9 | 7.8 | 22.6 | 12.8 | 49.0 | 25.3 | 44.1 | 4.9 |
P |  |  | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |