Child malnutrition in Northern (before 2017)
Northern (before 2017) ranks 10th 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 Northern (before 2017)?
In Sierra Leone's 2019 Demographic and Health Survey, 32% of children under five in Northern (before 2017) were stunted (too short for their age), 5.5% wasted and 15% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Northern (before 2017) worse than in the rest of Sierra Leone?
Northern (before 2017) ranks 10th of 18 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Sierra Leone's 30%.
How many children are anaemic in Northern (before 2017)?
73% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Northern (before 2017) 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 Northern (before 2017)?
The survey reports Sierra Leone by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Northern (before 2017) 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.