Child malnutrition in Upper West
Upper West ranks 11th 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 Upper West?
In Ghana's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey, 17% of children under five in Upper West were stunted (too short for their age), 6.4% wasted and 11% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Upper West worse than in the rest of Ghana?
Upper West ranks 11th of 17 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Ghana's 17%.
How many children are anaemic in Upper West?
61% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Upper West had anaemia in 2022, above Ghana's 49%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Upper West?
The survey reports Ghana by Northern, Upper West, Upper East and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Upper West 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.