Child malnutrition in Kinshasa
Kinshasa ranks 26th of 26 parts of DR Congo for child stunting, below DR Congo's 45%.
Child stunting across DR Congo
The same 2023 survey, every part it reports.
- 1KwangoBandundu60%
- 2Maniema57%
- 3Nord-Kivu56%
- 4Sud-UbangiEquateur54%
- 5Kasai-CentralKasaï Occident53%
- 6IturiOrientale51%
- 7LualabaKatanga51%
- 8Nord-UbangiEquateur50%
- 9Sud-Kivu48%
- 10Bas-UeleOrientale47%
- 11KwiluBandundu46%
- 12Kasai-Oriental (>= 2015)Kasaï Oriental46%
- 13TanganykaKatanga46%
- 14Bas-Congo46%
- 15Haut-LomaniKatanga46%
- 16TshopoOrientale45%
- 17Haut-KatangaKatanga44%
- 18TshuapaEquateur44%
- 19MongalaEquateur43%
- 20SankuruKasaï Oriental43%
- 21KasaiKasaï Occident42%
- 22LomaniKasaï Oriental40%
- 23Mai-NdombeBandundu39%
- 24Equateur (>= 2015)Equateur35%
- 25Haut-UeleOrientale35%
- 26Kinshasa14%
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Kinshasa?
In DR Congo's 2023 Demographic and Health Survey, 14% of children under five in Kinshasa were stunted (too short for their age), 5.1% wasted and 8.2% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Kinshasa worse than in the rest of DR Congo?
Kinshasa ranks 26th of 26 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below DR Congo's 45%.
How many children are anaemic in Kinshasa?
61% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Kinshasa had anaemia in 2023, below DR Congo's 64%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Kinshasa?
The survey reports DR Congo by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Kinshasa 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.