Child malnutrition in Karene
Karene ranks 5th of 18 parts of Sierra Leone for child stunting, above 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 Karene?
In Sierra Leone's 2019 Demographic and Health Survey, 37% of children under five in Karene were stunted (too short for their age), 3.0% wasted and 16% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Karene worse than in the rest of Sierra Leone?
Karene ranks 5th of 18 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Sierra Leone's 30%.
How many children are anaemic in Karene?
75% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Karene had anaemia in 2019, above Sierra Leone's 68%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Karene?
The survey reports Sierra Leone by North Western and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Karene 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.