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Child malnutrition in Equateur (>= 2015)

35%of children under five stunted (2023 survey)Very high

Equateur (>= 2015) ranks 24th of 26 parts of DR Congo for child stunting, below DR Congo's 45%.

7.4%children under 5 wasted; DR Congo 7.2%
22%children under 5 underweight; DR Congo 25%
75%children 6-59 months anaemic; DR Congo 64%

Child stunting across DR Congo

The same 2023 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1KwangoBandundu60%
  2. 2Maniema57%
  3. 3Nord-Kivu56%
  4. 4Sud-UbangiEquateur54%
  5. 5Kasai-CentralKasaï Occident53%
  6. 6IturiOrientale51%
  7. 7LualabaKatanga51%
  8. 8Nord-UbangiEquateur50%
  9. 9Sud-Kivu48%
  10. 10Bas-UeleOrientale47%
  11. 11KwiluBandundu46%
  12. 12Kasai-Oriental (>= 2015)Kasaï Oriental46%
  13. 13TanganykaKatanga46%
  14. 14Bas-Congo46%
  15. 15Haut-LomaniKatanga46%
  16. 16TshopoOrientale45%
  17. 17Haut-KatangaKatanga44%
  18. 18TshuapaEquateur44%
  19. 19MongalaEquateur43%
  20. 20SankuruKasaï Oriental43%
  21. 21KasaiKasaï Occident42%
  22. 22LomaniKasaï Oriental40%
  23. 23Mai-NdombeBandundu39%
  24. 24Equateur (>= 2015)Equateur35%
  25. 25Haut-UeleOrientale35%
  26. 26Kinshasa14%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Equateur (>= 2015)?

In DR Congo's 2023 Demographic and Health Survey, 35% of children under five in Equateur (>= 2015) were stunted (too short for their age), 7.4% wasted and 22% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Equateur (>= 2015) worse than in the rest of DR Congo?

Equateur (>= 2015) ranks 24th of 26 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below DR Congo's 45%.

How many children are anaemic in Equateur (>= 2015)?

75% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Equateur (>= 2015) had anaemia in 2023, above DR Congo's 64%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.

Is there data for cities and towns in Equateur (>= 2015)?

The survey reports DR Congo by Equateur and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Equateur (>= 2015) shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: DR Congo Demographic and Health Survey 2023 (CD2023DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in DR Congo as a whole

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

Hunger in DR Congo