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Child malnutrition in Centre (including Ouagadougou)

15%of children under five stunted (2021 survey)Medium

Centre (including Ouagadougou) ranks 13th of 14 parts of Burkina Faso for child stunting, below Burkina Faso's 23%.

12%children under 5 wasted; Burkina Faso 11%
14%children under 5 underweight; Burkina Faso 18%
63%children 6-59 months anaemic; Burkina Faso 72%

Child stunting across Burkina Faso

The same 2021 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1Sahel37%
  2. 2Est32%
  3. 3Centre-Nord27%
  4. 4Boucle de Mouhoun25%
  5. 5Centre-Est25%
  6. 6Nord24%
  7. 7Centre-Ouest22%
  8. 8Plateau Central22%
  9. 9Cascades21%
  10. 10Sud-Ouest20%
  11. 11Centre-Sud18%
  12. 12Hauts Bassins16%
  13. 13Centre (including Ouagadougou)15%
  14. 14Ouagadougou14%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Centre (including Ouagadougou)?

In Burkina Faso's 2021 Demographic and Health Survey, 15% of children under five in Centre (including Ouagadougou) were stunted (too short for their age), 12% wasted and 14% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Centre (including Ouagadougou) worse than in the rest of Burkina Faso?

Centre (including Ouagadougou) ranks 13th of 14 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Burkina Faso's 23%.

How many children are anaemic in Centre (including Ouagadougou)?

63% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Centre (including Ouagadougou) had anaemia in 2021, below Burkina Faso's 72%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.

Is there data for cities and towns in Centre (including Ouagadougou)?

The survey reports Burkina Faso by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Centre (including Ouagadougou) shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Burkina Faso Demographic and Health Survey 2021 (BF2021DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Burkina Faso as a whole

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

Hunger in Burkina Faso