Child malnutrition in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou
Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou ranks 2nd of 9 parts of Mali for child stunting, above Mali's 25%.
Child stunting across Mali
The same 2023 survey, every part it reports.
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou?
In Mali's 2023 Demographic and Health Survey, 37% of children under five in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou were stunted (too short for their age), 12% wasted and 26% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou worse than in the rest of Mali?
Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou ranks 2nd of 9 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Mali's 25%.
How many children are anaemic in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou?
67% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou had anaemia in 2023, below Mali's 73%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou?
The survey reports Mali by Mopti, Tombouctou/Gao, Kidal and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Kidal/Gao/Tombouctou shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.
Source: Mali Demographic and Health Survey 2023 (ML2023DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.
Hunger in Mali as a whole
Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.