Child malnutrition in Central
Central ranks 16th of 30 parts of Guatemala for child stunting, below Guatemala's 47%.
Child stunting across Guatemala
The same 2015 survey, every part it reports.
- 1Totonicapán70%
- 2Quiché69%
- 3Nor-Occidente68%
- 4Huehuetenango68%
- 5Sololá66%
- 6Chimaltenango57%
- 7Chiquimula56%
- 8San Marcos55%
- 9Jalapa54%
- 10Sur-Occidente52%
- 11Baja Verapaz50%
- 12Norte50%
- 13Alta Verapaz50%
- 14Quetzaltenango49%
- 15Sacatepéquez42%
- 16Central41%
- 17Sur-Oriente40%
- 18Zacapa40%
- 19Nor-Oriente40%
- 20Suchitepéquez40%
- 21Petén36%
- 22Jutiapa36%
- 23Retalhuleu34%
- 24Santa Rosa34%
- 25El Progreso29%
- 26Guatemala restoGuatemala28%
- 27Escuintla27%
- 28Izabal26%
- 29Metropolitana25%
- 30Guatemala municipioGuatemala19%
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Central?
In Guatemala's 2015 Demographic and Health Survey, 41% of children under five in Central were stunted (too short for their age), 0.8% wasted and 10% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Central worse than in the rest of Guatemala?
Central ranks 16th of 30 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Guatemala's 47%.
How many children are anaemic in Central?
30% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Central had anaemia in 2015, below Guatemala's 32%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Central?
The survey reports Guatemala 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: Guatemala Demographic and Health Survey 2015 (GU2015DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.
Hunger in Guatemala as a whole
Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.