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Child malnutrition in Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba

16%of children under five stunted (2010 survey)Medium

Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba ranks 15th of 53 parts of Colombia for child stunting, above Colombia's 13%.

0.7%children under 5 wasted; Colombia 0.9%
4.8%children under 5 underweight; Colombia 3.4%

Child stunting across Colombia

The same 2010 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1Vaupés35%
  2. 2Amazonas29%
  3. 3La Guajira28%
  4. 4Guainía23%
  5. 5Cauca23%
  6. 6Litoral Pacífico18%
  7. 7Guajira, Cesar, Magdalena18%
  8. 8Magdalena18%
  9. 9Nariño17%
  10. 10Boyacá17%
  11. 11Cauca y Nariño sin Litoral17%
  12. 12Córdoba16%
  13. 13Bogotá16%
  14. 14Vichada16%
  15. 15Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba16%
  16. 16Chocó16%
  17. 17Atlántico16%
  18. 18Atlántica15%
  19. 19Barranquilla A. M.15%
  20. 20Sucre14%
  21. 21Territorios Nacionales14%
  22. 22Orinoquía y Amazonía14%
  23. 23Caldas14%
  24. 24Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Meta13%
  25. 25Cundinamarca13%
  26. 26Arauca13%
  27. 27Pacífica12%
  28. 28Guaviare12%
  29. 29Antioquia sin Medellín12%
  30. 30Cesar12%
  31. 31Huila12%
  32. 32Caquetá12%
  33. 33Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío11%
  34. 34Oriental11%
  35. 35Tolima, Huila, Caquetá11%
  36. 36Bolívar11%
  37. 37Central11%
  38. 38Tolima11%
  39. 39Atlántico, San Andrés, Bolívar Norte11%
  40. 40Risaralda10%
  41. 41Antioquia10%
  42. 42Casanare10%
  43. 43Norte de Santander9.8%
  44. 44Putumayo9.8%
  45. 45Quindío9.6%
  46. 46Santanderes9.1%
  47. 47Santander8.6%
  48. 48Medellín A.M.8.5%
  49. 49Meta7.7%
  50. 50Valle sin Cali ni Litoral7.2%
  51. 51Valle5.9%
  52. 52Cali A.M.5.3%
  53. 53San Andrés3.8%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba?

In Colombia's 2010 Demographic and Health Survey, 16% of children under five in Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba were stunted (too short for their age), 0.7% wasted and 4.8% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba worse than in the rest of Colombia?

Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba ranks 15th of 53 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Colombia's 13%.

Is there data for cities and towns in Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba?

The survey reports Colombia by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Bolívar Sur, Sucre, Córdoba shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Colombia Demographic and Health Survey 2010 (CO2010DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Colombia as a whole

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

Hunger in Colombia