Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of stunted children
Subnational regions
Tanzania
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
Tanzania (Africa)  
Total 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.5 49.1 48.7 48.3 47.5 46.6 45.8 44.9 44.1 43.7 43.3 43.0 42.6 42.2 41.8 40.3 38.7 37.2 35.6 34.1 32.6 31.0 29.5
Arusha, Manyara 44.0 45.3 46.7 48.0 49.3 44.7 40.1 35.5 36.5 37.5 38.5 39.5 40.5 41.4 42.3 43.2 44.1 45.0 45.9 44.1 42.2 40.4 38.5 36.7 34.9 33.0 31.2
Dar Es Salam 30.6 32.4 34.2 35.9 37.7 34.7 31.7 28.7 27.0 25.2 23.5 21.7 20.0 20.1 20.1 20.2 20.2 20.3 20.3 19.2 18.2 17.1 16.1 15.0 13.9 12.9 11.8
Dodoma 63.9 61.1 58.3 55.4 52.6 55.4 58.2 61.0 58.8 56.7 54.5 52.4 50.2 51.2 52.3 53.3 54.3 55.4 56.4 51.8 47.2 42.5 37.9 33.3 28.7 24.1 19.4
Iringa, Njombe 61.7 65.2 68.8 72.3 75.8 74.5 73.2 71.9 70.0 68.1 66.2 64.3 62.4 60.8 59.1 57.5 55.8 54.2 52.5 51.2 49.9 48.5 47.2 45.9 44.6 43.3 41.9
Kagera 47.1 47.4 47.7 47.9 48.2 49.4 50.6 51.8 50.1 48.5 46.8 45.2 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.6 43.6 43.6 43.6 43.4 43.2 42.9 42.7 42.5 42.3 42.1 41.8
Kigoma 54.2 54.5 54.8 55.1 55.4 56.2 57.0 57.8 58.0 58.2 58.5 58.7 58.9 56.8 54.7 52.6 50.4 48.3 46.2 44.6 43.0 41.3 39.7 38.1 36.5 34.9 33.2
Kilimanjaro 40.7 40.2 39.7 39.1 38.6 40.8 43.0 45.2 42.1 39.1 36.0 33.0 29.9 29.0 28.2 27.3 26.4 25.6 24.7 25.2 25.7 26.1 26.6 27.1 27.6 28.1 28.5
Lindi 64.5 64.6 64.7 64.8 64.9 64.5 64.0 63.6 62.5 61.4 60.4 59.3 58.2 57.4 56.5 55.7 54.8 54.0 53.1 49.3 45.6 41.8 38.1 34.3 30.5 26.8 23.0
Mara 41.6 40.8 40.0 39.1 38.3 36.3 34.2 32.2 35.0 37.8 40.6 43.4 46.2 44.0 41.7 39.5 37.2 35.0 32.7 32.0 31.3 30.6 29.9 29.2 28.5 27.8 27.1
Mbeya 51.9 52.5 53.1 53.7 54.3 55.0 55.8 56.5 54.4 52.3 50.3 48.2 46.1 46.9 47.6 48.4 49.1 49.9 50.6 47.9 45.2 42.4 39.7 37.0 34.3 31.6 28.8
Morogoro 61.2 61.6 62.0 62.4 62.8 62.0 61.3 60.5 56.8 53.1 49.4 45.7 42.0 42.3 42.7 43.0 43.3 43.7 44.0 41.8 39.6 37.4 35.2 33.0 30.8 28.6 26.4
Mtwara 69.3 68.4 67.4 66.5 65.5 65.8 66.2 66.5 64.6 62.8 60.9 59.1 57.2 54.3 51.4 48.6 45.7 42.8 39.9 39.4 38.8 38.3 37.7 37.2 36.7 36.1 35.6
Mwanza, Geita 43.1 42.5 42.0 41.4 40.8 41.8 42.8 43.8 41.9 40.1 38.2 36.4 34.5 34.9 35.4 35.8 36.2 36.7 37.1 37.4 37.7 37.9 38.2 38.5 38.8 39.1 39.3
Pemba North 52.2 51.7 51.3 50.8 50.3 51.3 52.2 53.2 50.5 47.8 45.1 42.4 39.7 39.5 39.3 39.1 38.8 38.6 38.4 37.7 36.9 36.2 35.4 34.7 34.0 33.2 32.5
Pemba South 67.6 62.8 58.0 53.1 48.3 48.4 48.4 48.5 45.0 41.4 37.9 34.3 30.8 30.2 29.6 29.1 28.5 27.9 27.3 26.6 26.0 25.3 24.7 24.0 23.3 22.7 22.0
Pwani 57.2 57.7 58.2 58.7 59.2 55.5 51.9 48.2 46.7 45.1 43.6 42.0 40.5 39.0 37.4 35.9 34.3 32.8 31.2 30.7 30.1 29.6 29.0 28.5 28.0 27.4 26.9
Rukwa, Katavi 52.0 51.7 51.5 51.2 50.9 49.6 48.4 47.1 48.4 49.7 51.0 52.3 53.6 53.3 53.0 52.7 52.4 52.1 51.8 51.4 51.0 50.7 50.3 49.9 49.5 49.1 48.8
Ruvuma 60.4 59.9 59.4 58.9 58.4 58.2 58.1 57.9 57.7 57.6 57.4 57.3 57.1 54.8 52.5 50.2 47.8 45.5 43.2 43.2 43.2 43.3 43.3 43.3 43.3 43.3 43.4
Shinyanga, Simiyu 39.2 38.6 38.0 37.3 36.7 39.2 41.6 44.1 43.9 43.7 43.4 43.2 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 40.4 37.9 35.3 32.8 30.2 27.6 25.1 22.5
Singida 43.0 42.8 42.5 42.3 42.0 46.8 51.6 56.4 54.2 52.0 49.7 47.5 45.3 44.0 42.7 41.5 40.2 38.9 37.6 35.7 33.8 31.8 29.9 28.0 26.1 24.2 22.2
Tabora 47.6 43.1 38.6 34.1 29.6 34.5 39.4 44.3 43.6 42.9 42.1 41.4 40.7 39.3 37.9 36.5 35.0 33.6 32.2 31.3 30.4 29.4 28.5 27.6 26.7 25.8 24.8
Tanga 43.6 48.1 52.7 57.2 61.7 61.5 61.4 61.2 58.8 56.4 54.0 51.6 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.5 49.6 49.7 48.2 46.6 45.1 43.5 42.0 40.5 38.9 37.4
Zanzibar North 64.1 58.2 52.2 46.3 40.3 39.6 38.8 38.1 37.5 36.8 36.2 35.5 34.9 35.6 36.3 37.0 37.7 38.4 39.1 36.0 33.0 29.9 26.9 23.8 20.7 17.7 14.6
Zanzibar South 38.4 38.4 38.4 38.3 38.3 31.8 25.3 18.8 18.9 19.1 19.2 19.4 19.5 21.1 22.6 24.2 25.7 27.3 28.8 28.5 28.2 27.8 27.5 27.2 26.9 26.6 26.2
Zanzibar West 41.2 38.6 36.0 33.3 30.7 31.0 31.4 31.7 29.0 26.4 23.7 21.1 18.4 18.7 19.0 19.3 19.6 19.9 20.2 19.4 18.6 17.7 16.9 16.1 15.3 14.5 13.6
Lighter numbers are estimates