Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of stunted children
Subnational regions
Congo Democratic Republic
All years

Percentage of stunted children

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Congo Democratic Republic (Africa)  
Total 46.0 45.6 45.1 44.7 44.3 43.8 43.4 43.1 42.7 42.4 42.3 42.1 42.0 41.8 41.7 41.6 41.4 41.3
Bandundu 62.8 58.4 54.0 49.6 45.2 40.8 36.4 37.6 38.9 40.1 41.5 42.9 44.3 45.7 47.1 48.5 49.9 51.3
Bas-Congo 42.7 43.6 44.4 45.3 46.2 47.0 47.9 47.2 46.4 45.7 43.8 41.8 39.9 37.9 36.0 34.1 32.1 30.2
Equateur 56.6 54.0 51.3 48.7 46.1 43.4 40.8 39.5 38.2 36.9 37.7 38.5 39.3 40.1 40.9 41.7 42.5 43.3
Kasai Occidental 37.9 40.5 43.0 45.6 48.2 50.7 53.3 52.6 52.0 51.3 51.1 50.8 50.6 50.3 50.1 49.9 49.6 49.4
Kasai Oriental 52.6 51.2 49.7 48.3 46.9 45.4 44.0 44.8 45.6 46.4 46.1 45.8 45.5 45.2 44.9 44.6 44.3 44.0
Katanga 48.0 47.1 46.2 45.3 44.4 43.5 42.6 43.0 43.4 43.8 43.3 42.8 42.3 41.8 41.3 40.8 40.3 39.8
Kinshasa 19.1 19.9 20.7 21.5 22.3 23.1 23.9 20.9 18.0 15.0 15.0 15.1 15.1 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.3
Maniema 45.8 44.9 43.9 43.0 42.1 41.1 40.2 42.2 44.1 46.1 45.6 45.1 44.7 44.2 43.7 43.2 42.7 42.3
Nord-Kivu 43.1 45.6 48.2 50.7 53.2 55.8 58.3 55.6 52.9 50.2 50.1 49.9 49.8 49.6 49.5 49.4 49.2 49.1
Orientale 41.1 41.7 42.4 43.0 43.6 44.3 44.9 44.0 43.2 42.3 42.7 43.1 43.4 43.8 44.2 44.6 45.0 45.3
Sud-Kivu 59.5 58.0 56.5 55.0 53.5 52.0 50.5 51.7 53.0 54.2 52.9 51.6 50.3 49.0 47.7 46.4 45.1 43.8
Lighter numbers are estimates