Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of stunted children
Subnational regions
Cameroon
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 2022
Cameroon (Africa)  
Total 37.5 37.3 37.0 36.8 36.6 36.3 36.1 35.9 35.6 35.4 34.9 34.5 34.0 33.5 33.0 32.6 32.1 31.7 31.2 30.8 30.4 30.0 29.5 29.1 28.7 28.2 27.8
Adamaoua 54.3 52.2 50.1 48.0 45.9 43.8 41.8 39.7 37.6 35.5 36.0 36.5 37.0 37.6 38.1 38.6 39.1 38.4 37.7 37.0 36.2 35.5 34.8 34.1 33.4 32.7 32.0
Centre (incl Yaounde) 33.9 32.7 31.4 30.2 29.0 27.7 26.5 25.3 24.0 22.8 21.9 21.1 20.2 19.4 18.5 17.7 16.8 17.2 17.7 18.1 18.6 19.0 19.5 19.9 20.3 20.8 21.2
Est 51.9 50.0 48.0 46.1 44.2 42.2 40.3 38.4 36.4 34.5 34.8 35.1 35.4 35.7 36.0 36.3 36.6 36.5 36.5 36.4 36.4 36.3 36.3 36.2 36.1 36.1 36.0
Extreme Nord 41.6 41.3 41.1 40.8 40.5 40.3 40.0 39.7 39.5 39.2 39.9 40.6 41.3 41.9 42.6 43.3 44.0 43.0 41.9 40.9 39.9 38.9 37.8 36.8 35.8 34.7 33.7
Littoral (incl Douala) 26.3 26.2 26.1 26.0 25.9 25.8 25.7 25.6 25.5 25.4 24.1 22.9 21.6 20.4 19.1 17.9 16.6 16.0 15.4 14.8 14.2 13.6 13.0 12.4 11.8 11.2 10.6
Nord 41.3 42.1 43.0 43.8 44.7 45.5 46.4 47.2 48.1 48.9 47.6 46.2 44.9 43.5 42.2 40.8 39.5 39.6 39.8 39.9 40.0 40.1 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.7 40.8
Nord Ouest 31.5 32.0 32.6 33.1 33.7 34.2 34.8 35.3 35.9 36.4 36.2 35.9 35.7 35.4 35.2 34.9 34.7 34.0 33.2 32.5 31.7 31.0 30.2 29.5 28.8 28.0 27.3
Ouest 29.6 30.6 31.7 32.8 33.9 35.0 36.1 37.1 38.2 39.3 38.4 37.6 36.7 35.8 34.9 34.1 33.2 32.3 31.5 30.6 29.8 28.9 28.1 27.2 26.3 25.5 24.6
Sud 39.4 38.0 36.7 35.3 33.9 32.6 31.2 29.8 28.5 27.1 27.4 27.7 28.0 28.3 28.6 28.9 29.2 28.9 28.5 28.2 27.8 27.5 27.1 26.8 26.5 26.1 25.8
Sud Ouest 31.9 32.6 33.3 34.0 34.7 35.4 36.2 36.9 37.6 38.3 36.2 34.0 31.9 29.7 27.6 25.4 23.3 24.5 25.8 27.0 28.2 29.4 30.7 31.9 33.1 34.4 35.6
Lighter numbers are estimates