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Child malnutrition in Lamu

16%of children under five stunted (2022 survey)Medium

Lamu ranks 28th of 47 parts of Kenya for child stunting, below Kenya's 18%.

3.5%children under 5 wasted; Kenya 4.9%
13%children under 5 underweight; Kenya 10%

Child stunting across Kenya

The same 2022 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1KilifiCoast37%
  2. 2West PokotRift Valley34%
  3. 3SamburuRift Valley31%
  4. 4MeruEastern25%
  5. 5KituiEastern25%
  6. 6TurkanaRift Valley23%
  7. 7KwaleCoast23%
  8. 8BometRift Valley22%
  9. 9Elgeyo MarakwetRift Valley22%
  10. 10NarokRift Valley22%
  11. 11Trans-NzoiaRift Valley21%
  12. 12BaringoRift Valley21%
  13. 13Tana RiverCoast21%
  14. 14ManderaNorth Eastern21%
  15. 15Tharaka-NithiEastern21%
  16. 16EmbuEastern20%
  17. 17MakueniEastern20%
  18. 18KerichoRift Valley19%
  19. 19Taita TavetaCoast19%
  20. 20SiayaNyanza19%
  21. 21BungomaWestern19%
  22. 22MarsabitEastern19%
  23. 23NakuruRift Valley19%
  24. 24NyandaruaCentral18%
  25. 25VihigaWestern17%
  26. 26KisiiNyanza16%
  27. 27MachakosEastern16%
  28. 28LamuCoast16%
  29. 29KiambuCentral15%
  30. 30NandiRift Valley15%
  31. 31BusiaWestern15%
  32. 32MigoriNyanza15%
  33. 33Uasin GishuRift Valley14%
  34. 34IsioloEastern14%
  35. 35KajiadoRift Valley14%
  36. 36MombasaCoast14%
  37. 37NyamiraNyanza14%
  38. 38LaikipiaRift Valley13%
  39. 39NyeriCentral13%
  40. 40Homa BayNyanza13%
  41. 41WajirNorth Eastern12%
  42. 42KakamegaWestern12%
  43. 43KirinyagaCentral11%
  44. 44Nairobi11%
  45. 45Murang'aCentral10%
  46. 46KisumuNyanza9.1%
  47. 47GarissaNorth Eastern9.0%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Lamu?

In Kenya's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey, 16% of children under five in Lamu were stunted (too short for their age), 3.5% wasted and 13% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Lamu worse than in the rest of Kenya?

Lamu ranks 28th of 47 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Kenya's 18%.

Is there data for cities and towns in Lamu?

The survey reports Kenya by Coast and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Lamu shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022 (KE2022DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Kenya as a whole

Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.

Hunger in Kenya