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Child malnutrition in Sylhet

34%of children under five stunted (2022 survey)Very high

Sylhet ranks 1st of 8 parts of Bangladesh for child stunting, above Bangladesh's 24%.

12%children under 5 wasted; Bangladesh 11%
32%children under 5 underweight; Bangladesh 22%

Child stunting across Bangladesh

The same 2022 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1SylhetChattogram/Sylhet34%
  2. 2MymensinghDhaka before 201528%
  3. 3Barishal25%
  4. 4ChattogramChattogram/Sylhet25%
  5. 5RangpurRajshahi/Rangpur22%
  6. 6DhakaDhaka before 201522%
  7. 7RajshahiRajshahi/Rangpur20%
  8. 8Khulna19%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Sylhet?

In Bangladesh's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey, 34% of children under five in Sylhet were stunted (too short for their age), 12% wasted and 32% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Sylhet worse than in the rest of Bangladesh?

Sylhet ranks 1st of 8 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Bangladesh's 24%.

Is there data for cities and towns in Sylhet?

The survey reports Bangladesh by Chattogram/Sylhet and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Sylhet shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022 (BD2022DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Bangladesh as a whole

Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.

Hunger in Bangladesh