Child malnutrition in Central
Central ranks 9th of 17 parts of Ghana for child stunting, below Ghana's 17%.
Child stunting across Ghana
The same 2022 survey, every part it reports.
- 1Northern(post 2022)Northern, Upper West, Upper East30%
- 2NortheastNorthern, Upper West, Upper East29%
- 3Northern (pre 2022)Northern, Upper West, Upper East28%
- 4Upper EastNorthern, Upper West, Upper East21%
- 5SavannahNorthern, Upper West, Upper East21%
- 6OtiVolta (pre 2022)20%
- 7Ashanti17%
- 8BonoBrong-Ahafo17%
- 9Central17%
- 10AhafoBrong-Ahafo17%
- 11Upper WestNorthern, Upper West, Upper East17%
- 12Volta (post 2022)Volta (pre 2022)14%
- 13Bono EastBrong-Ahafo14%
- 14Western (post 2022)Western (pre 2022)14%
- 15Greater Accra11%
- 16Western NorthWestern (pre 2022)11%
- 17Eastern10%
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Central?
In Ghana's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey, 17% of children under five in Central were stunted (too short for their age), 6.8% wasted and 12% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Central worse than in the rest of Ghana?
Central ranks 9th of 17 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Ghana's 17%.
How many children are anaemic in Central?
45% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Central had anaemia in 2022, below Ghana's 49%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Central?
The survey reports Ghana by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Central shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.
Source: Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2022 (GH2022DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.
Hunger in Ghana as a whole
Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.