Child malnutrition in Littoral
Littoral ranks 10th of 12 parts of Cameroon for child stunting, below Cameroon's 29%.
Child stunting across Cameroon
The same 2018 survey, every part it reports.
- 1NordAdamaoua/Nord/Extrême-Nord41%
- 2Extrême-NordAdamaoua/Nord/Extrême-Nord37%
- 3EstCentre/Sud/Est37%
- 4AdamaouaAdamaoua/Nord/Extrême-Nord35%
- 5Sud OuestNord Ouest/Sud Ouest28%
- 6Nord OuestNord Ouest/Sud Ouest27%
- 7CentreCentre/Sud/Est27%
- 8SudCentre/Sud/Est26%
- 9OuestOuest/Littoral25%
- 10LittoralOuest/Littoral19%
- 11YaoundéYaoundé/Douala11%
- 12DoualaYaoundé/Douala8.9%
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Littoral?
In Cameroon's 2018 Demographic and Health Survey, 19% of children under five in Littoral were stunted (too short for their age), 1.4% wasted and 3.2% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Littoral worse than in the rest of Cameroon?
Littoral ranks 10th of 12 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Cameroon's 29%.
How many children are anaemic in Littoral?
55% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Littoral had anaemia in 2018, below Cameroon's 57%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Littoral?
The survey reports Cameroon by Ouest/Littoral and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Littoral shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.
Source: Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey 2018 (CM2018DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.
Hunger in Cameroon as a whole
Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.