Hunger · Sub-Saharan Africa

Hunger and malnutrition in Eritrea

53%of children under five stunted (2010)Very high

53% of young children are too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition, and 15% are dangerously thin.

53%children under 5 stunted (2010)

15%children under 5 wasted (2010)

39%children under 5 underweight (2010)

2.1%children under 5 overweight (2010)

49%children 6-59 months anaemic (2019, WHO)

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

How Eritrea compares

In Sub-Saharan Africa it is 2nd of 47.

53% of children under five in Eritrea were stunted in 2010, which WHO rates very high. 15% were wasted (2010).

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.