Hunger · Sub-Saharan Africa

Hunger and malnutrition in Equatorial Guinea

26%of children under five stunted (2011)High

26% of young children are too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition, and 3.1% are dangerously thin.

26%children under 5 stunted (2011)

3.1%children under 5 wasted (2011)

5.6%children under 5 underweight (2011)

9.7%children under 5 overweight (2011)

64%children 6-59 months anaemic (2019, WHO)

68 per 1,000children who die before age five (2024)

How Equatorial Guinea compares

In Sub-Saharan Africa it is 25th of 47.

26% of children under five in Equatorial Guinea were stunted in 2011, which WHO rates high. 3.1% were wasted (2011).

Sources: FAO (undernourishment, food insecurity), UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Malnutrition Estimates (stunting, wasting, underweight, overweight), WHO (anaemia) and UN IGME (child deaths), as published by the World Bank.