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Child malnutrition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

40%of children under five stunted (2017 survey)Very high

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ranks 5th of 8 parts of Pakistan for child stunting, above Pakistan's 38%.

7.5%children under 5 wasted; Pakistan 7.1%
22%children under 5 underweight; Pakistan 23%

Child stunting across Pakistan

The same 2017 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1Federally Administered Tribal Areas52%
  2. 2Sindh50%
  3. 3Balochistan47%
  4. 4Gilgit Baltistan47%
  5. 5Khyber Pakhtunkhwa40%
  6. 6Azad, Jammu and Kashmir30%
  7. 7Punjab excluding Islamabad (ICT)30%
  8. 8Islamabad (ICT)24%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

In Pakistan's 2017 Demographic and Health Survey, 40% of children under five in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were stunted (too short for their age), 7.5% wasted and 22% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa worse than in the rest of Pakistan?

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ranks 5th of 8 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Pakistan's 38%.

Is there data for cities and towns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

The survey reports Pakistan by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017 (PK2017DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Pakistan as a whole

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

Hunger in Pakistan