Hunger · Latin America & Caribbean

Hunger and malnutrition in Saint Lucia

2.5%of children under five stunted (2012)Low

2.5% of young children are too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition, and 3.7% are dangerously thin.

22%moderately or severely food insecure (2017)

2.5%children under 5 stunted (2012)

3.7%children under 5 wasted (2012)

2.8%children under 5 underweight (2012)

6.3%children under 5 overweight (2012)

23%children 6-59 months anaemic (2019, WHO)

17 per 1,000children who die before age five (2024)

How Saint Lucia compares

In Latin America & Caribbean it is 27th of 28.

2.5% of children under five in Saint Lucia were stunted in 2012, which WHO rates low. 3.7% were wasted (2012).

Sources: FAO (undernourishment, food insecurity), UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Malnutrition Estimates (stunting, wasting, underweight, overweight), WHO (anaemia) and UN IGME (child deaths), as published by the World Bank.