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Child malnutrition in South

26%of children under five stunted (2025 survey)High

South ranks 3rd of 5 parts of Rwanda for child stunting, below Rwanda's 27%.

0.7%children under 5 wasted; Rwanda 0.9%
6.8%children under 5 underweight; Rwanda 6.1%

Child stunting across Rwanda

The same 2025 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1North33%
  2. 2West33%
  3. 3South26%
  4. 4East26%
  5. 5Kigali14%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in South?

In Rwanda's 2025 Demographic and Health Survey, 26% of children under five in South were stunted (too short for their age), 0.7% wasted and 6.8% underweight.

Is malnutrition in South worse than in the rest of Rwanda?

South ranks 3rd of 5 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Rwanda's 27%.

Is there data for cities and towns in South?

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

Source: Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2025 (RW2025DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Rwanda as a whole

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

Hunger in Rwanda