Child malnutrition in Kailahun
Kailahun ranks 13th of 18 parts of Sierra Leone for child stunting, close to Sierra Leone's 30%.
Child stunting across Sierra Leone
The same 2019 survey, every part it reports.
- 1FalabaNorthern45%
- 2Koinadugu (before 2017)Northern41%
- 3PujehunSouthern38%
- 4KoinaduguNorthern37%
- 5KareneNorth Western37%
- 6TonkoliliNorthern32%
- 7Western UrbanWestern32%
- 8KambiaNorth Western32%
- 9MoyambaSouthern32%
- 10Northern (before 2017)32%
- 11BontheSouthern31%
- 12Port LokoNorth Western31%
- 13KailahunEastern29%
- 14BoSouthern28%
- 15KenemaEastern25%
- 16KonoEastern23%
- 17BombaliNorthern23%
- 18Western RuralWestern22%
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Kailahun?
In Sierra Leone's 2019 Demographic and Health Survey, 29% of children under five in Kailahun were stunted (too short for their age), 4.2% wasted and 14% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Kailahun worse than in the rest of Sierra Leone?
Kailahun ranks 13th of 18 for stunting in the survey, highest first, close to Sierra Leone's 30%.
How many children are anaemic in Kailahun?
55% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Kailahun had anaemia in 2019, below Sierra Leone's 68%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Kailahun?
The survey reports Sierra Leone by Eastern and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Kailahun shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.
Source: Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019 (SL2019DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.
Hunger in Sierra Leone as a whole
Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.