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Child malnutrition in Territorios Nacionales

14%of children under five stunted (2010 survey)Medium

Territorios Nacionales ranks 21st of 53 parts of Colombia for child stunting, above Colombia's 13%.

0.9%children under 5 wasted; Colombia 0.9%
3.6%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 Territorios Nacionales?

In Colombia's 2010 Demographic and Health Survey, 14% of children under five in Territorios Nacionales were stunted (too short for their age), 0.9% wasted and 3.6% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Territorios Nacionales worse than in the rest of Colombia?

Territorios Nacionales ranks 21st of 53 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Colombia's 13%.

Is there data for cities and towns in Territorios Nacionales?

The survey reports Colombia by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Territorios Nacionales 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