Hunger · Latin America & Caribbean

Hunger and malnutrition in Turks and Caicos Islands

4.6%of children under five stunted (2020)Low

4.6% of young children are too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition, and 1.2% are dangerously thin.

4.6%children under 5 stunted (2020)

1.2%children under 5 wasted (2020)

0.4%children under 5 underweight (2020)

18%children under 5 overweight (2020)

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

How Turks and Caicos Islands compares

Turks and Caicos Islands has the 114th highest child stunting of 129 countries with an estimate since 2015. In Latin America & Caribbean it is 26th of 28.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of children are stunted in Turks and Caicos Islands?

4.6% of children under five in Turks and Caicos Islands were stunted in 2020, which WHO rates low. 1.2% were wasted (2020). That ranks Turks and Caicos Islands 114 of 129 countries with an estimate since 2015, highest first.

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.

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