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Child malnutrition in Songwe

32%of children under five stunted (2022 survey)Very high

Songwe ranks 11th of 31 parts of Tanzania for child stunting, above Tanzania's 30%.

0.0%children under 5 wasted; Tanzania 3.3%
8.1%children under 5 underweight; Tanzania 12%
59%children 6-59 months anaemic; Tanzania 59%

Child stunting across Tanzania

The same 2022 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1IringaSouthern Highlands57%
  2. 2NjombeSouthern Highlands50%
  3. 3RukwaSouth West Highlands50%
  4. 4GeitaLake39%
  5. 5RuvumaSouthern Highlands36%
  6. 6KageraLake34%
  7. 7SimiyuLake33%
  8. 8TaboraWestern33%
  9. 9KataviSouth West Highlands32%
  10. 10ManyaraCentral32%
  11. 11SongweSouth West Highlands32%
  12. 12Mbeya (since 2016)South West Highlands32%
  13. 13ArushaNorthern31%
  14. 14DodomaCentral31%
  15. 15MorogoroEastern31%
  16. 16Kaskazini UngujaZanzibar29%
  17. 17MwanzaLake28%
  18. 18ShinyangaLake28%
  19. 19KigomaWestern27%
  20. 20SingidaCentral26%
  21. 21TangaNorthern24%
  22. 22MaraLake23%
  23. 23MtwaraSouthern22%
  24. 24Kaskazini PembaZanzibar22%
  25. 25LindiSouthern21%
  26. 26KilimanjaroNorthern20%
  27. 27PwaniEastern20%
  28. 28Dar es SalaamEastern18%
  29. 29Kusini PembaZanzibar17%
  30. 30Kusini UngujaZanzibar17%
  31. 31Mjini MagharibiZanzibar13%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Songwe?

In Tanzania's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey, 32% of children under five in Songwe were stunted (too short for their age), 0.0% wasted and 8.1% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Songwe worse than in the rest of Tanzania?

Songwe ranks 11th of 31 for stunting in the survey, highest first, above Tanzania's 30%.

How many children are anaemic in Songwe?

59% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Songwe had anaemia in 2022, below Tanzania's 59%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.

Is there data for cities and towns in Songwe?

The survey reports Tanzania by South West Highlands and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Songwe shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.

Source: Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2022 (TZ2022DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.

Hunger in Tanzania as a whole

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

Hunger in Tanzania