Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child underweight and overweig…
Percentage of underweight children
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

Percentage of underweight 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
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 25.1 25.4 25.6 25.9 26.2 26.5 26.7 27.0 26.9 26.9 26.8 26.8 26.7 27.5 28.4 29.2 30.1 30.9 29.0 27.2 25.3 23.5 21.6 19.7 17.9 16.0
Abia 34.0 31.3 28.6 25.9 23.2 20.5 17.8 15.1 14.6 14.0 13.5 12.9 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.0 11.9 11.8 12.6 13.3 14.1 14.8 15.6 16.4 17.1 17.9
Abuja FCT 4.18 7.75 11.3 14.9 18.5 22.1 25.6 29.2 25.5 21.9 18.2 14.6 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.6 11.8 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
Adamawa 44.5 40.8 37.0 33.2 29.4 25.7 21.9 18.1 21.3 24.5 27.7 30.9 34.1 32.0 29.9 27.8 25.7 23.6 22.4 21.2 20.0 18.8 17.6 16.4 15.2 14.0
Akwa Ibom 23.3 21.6 19.8 18.1 16.4 14.7 12.9 11.2 12.7 14.2 15.7 17.2 18.7 18.1 17.4 16.8 16.1 15.5 14.1 12.7 11.3 9.90 8.50 7.10 5.70 4.30
Anambra 16.2 14.3 12.4 10.5 8.60 6.70 4.80 2.90 4.08 5.26 6.44 7.62 8.80 9.78 10.8 11.7 12.7 13.7 12.3 10.9 9.50 8.10 6.70 5.30 3.90 2.50
Bauchi 33.7 34.6 35.4 36.2 37.0 37.9 38.7 39.5 43.0 46.4 49.9 53.3 56.8 53.8 50.8 47.7 44.7 41.7 39.9 38.1 36.4 34.6 32.8 31.0 29.2 27.5
Bayelsa 0.01 4.07 8.14 12.2 16.7 21.3 25.8 30.3 25.9 21.5 17.0 12.6 8.20 8.54 8.88 9.22 9.56 9.90 11.0 12.1 13.1 14.2 15.3 16.4 17.5 18.5
Benue 30.1 27.4 24.8 22.1 19.5 16.8 14.2 11.5 11.8 12.2 12.5 12.9 13.2 13.0 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.1 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3
Borno 20.5 20.2 19.8 19.4 19.0 18.7 18.3 17.9 20.7 23.5 26.3 29.1 31.9 31.2 30.6 29.9 29.3 28.6 28.4 28.1 27.9 27.6 27.4 27.2 26.9 26.7
Cross River 34.5 34.5 34.4 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.0 30.3 26.7 23.0 19.4 15.7 15.3 15.0 14.6 14.3 13.9 13.3 12.7 12.1 11.5 10.9 10.3 9.70 9.10
Delta 2.53 4.25 5.98 7.70 9.43 11.2 12.9 14.6 14.3 14.0 13.8 13.5 13.2 13.8 14.5 15.1 15.8 16.4 15.7 15.1 14.4 13.8 13.1 12.4 11.8 11.1
Ebonyi 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.2 17.7 17.1 16.6 16.1 15.2 14.3 13.5 12.6 11.7 12.4 13.1 13.8 14.5 15.2 15.9 16.6 17.3
Edo 14.3 14.8 15.4 15.9 16.5 17.0 17.6 18.1 17.1 16.2 15.2 14.3 13.3 12.5 11.7 10.9 10.1 9.30 9.60 9.90 10.2 10.5 10.8 11.1 11.4 11.7
Ekiti 51.5 45.5 39.5 33.5 27.5 21.5 15.5 9.50 9.76 10.0 10.3 10.5 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.1 10.0 9.90 9.78 9.66 9.54
Enugu 19.6 18.1 16.6 15.1 13.6 12.1 10.6 9.10 9.40 9.70 10.0 10.3 10.6 9.90 9.20 8.50 7.80 7.10 6.94 6.78 6.62 6.46 6.30 6.14 5.98 5.82
Gombe 23.8 24.3 24.7 25.1 25.5 26.0 26.4 26.8 28.3 29.8 31.3 32.8 34.3 34.0 33.8 33.5 33.3 33.0 32.5 31.9 31.4 30.8 30.3 29.8 29.2 28.7
Imo 20.5 18.3 16.0 13.8 11.6 9.35 7.13 4.90 6.18 7.46 8.74 10.0 11.3 11.1 10.9 10.7 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.6 10.6
Jigawa 54.4 54.1 53.8 53.5 53.2 52.9 52.6 52.3 52.7 53.1 53.6 54.0 54.4 52.4 50.5 48.5 46.6 44.6 44.2 43.8 43.5 43.1 42.7 42.3 41.9 41.6
Kaduna 72.7 66.0 59.3 52.6 45.9 39.2 32.5 25.8 25.5 25.1 24.8 24.4 24.1 31.9 39.7 47.4 55.2 63.0 54.9 46.8 38.6 30.5 22.4 14.9 7.47 0.01
Kano 35.4 36.1 36.7 37.4 38.1 38.8 39.4 40.1 39.3 38.4 37.6 36.7 35.9 40.5 45.2 49.8 54.5 59.1 53.5 47.8 42.2 36.5 30.9 25.3 19.6 14.0
Katsina 13.7 18.3 23.0 27.6 32.3 36.9 41.6 46.2 45.6 45.0 44.5 43.9 43.3 44.4 45.5 46.6 47.7 48.8 46.8 44.8 42.8 40.8 38.8 36.8 34.8 32.8
Kebbi 3.28 8.95 14.6 20.3 26.0 31.7 37.3 43.0 47.6 52.2 56.7 61.3 65.9 61.7 57.5 53.4 49.2 45.0 45.3 45.7 46.0 46.4 46.7 47.0 47.4 47.7
Kogi 23.6 23.0 22.5 21.9 21.4 20.8 20.3 19.7 19.0 18.3 17.5 16.8 16.1 15.6 15.2 14.7 14.3 13.8 13.2 12.6 12.0 11.4 10.8 10.2 9.60 9.00
Kwara 35.4 32.6 29.7 26.9 24.1 21.3 18.4 15.6 18.7 21.9 25.0 28.2 31.3 28.0 24.7 21.3 18.0 14.7 15.0 15.3 15.5 15.8 16.1 16.4 16.7 16.9
Lagos 5.30 7.10 8.90 10.7 12.5 14.3 16.1 17.9 16.5 15.0 13.6 12.1 10.7 11.0 11.3 11.6 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.7 12.9 13.2 13.4 13.6 13.9 14.1
Nassarawa 0.01 2.11 4.20 6.30 10.3 14.4 18.4 22.4 21.7 20.9 20.2 19.4 18.7 19.3 20.0 20.6 21.3 21.9 21.7 21.5 21.2 21.0 20.8 20.6 20.4 20.1
Niger 22.1 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.8 22.9 23.0 26.2 29.4 32.7 35.9 39.1 36.8 34.6 32.3 30.1 27.8 25.1 22.4 19.8 17.1 14.4 11.7 9.04 6.36
Ogun 11.0 12.5 14.1 15.6 17.2 18.7 20.3 21.8 21.4 21.0 20.5 20.1 19.7 19.2 18.7 18.3 17.8 17.3 16.5 15.7 14.9 14.1 13.3 12.5 11.7 10.9
Ondo 4.60 8.00 11.4 14.8 18.2 21.6 25.0 28.4 25.4 22.4 19.3 16.3 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.2 12.8 12.5 12.1 11.8 11.5 11.1 10.8
Osun 43.8 39.6 35.5 31.3 27.2 23.0 18.9 14.7 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.5 13.7 12.9 12.1 11.3 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.1 12.6 13.1 13.6 14.1 14.7
Oyo 53.6 48.3 42.9 37.5 32.1 26.8 21.4 16.0 16.1 16.1 16.2 16.2 16.3 16.9 17.5 18.0 18.6 19.2 18.8 18.5 18.1 17.8 17.4 17.0 16.7 16.3
Plateau 12.0 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.2 11.0 10.8 12.9 15.1 17.2 19.4 21.5 21.2 20.9 20.7 20.4 20.1 19.5 18.9 18.4 17.8 17.2 16.6 16.0 15.5
Rivers 0.01 1.64 3.27 4.90 7.73 10.6 13.4 16.2 15.0 13.9 12.7 11.6 10.4 10.7 11.0 11.4 11.7 12.0 11.2 10.4 9.54 8.72 7.90 7.08 6.26 5.44
Sokoto 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4 52.5 52.6 52.7 52.8 51.7 50.6 49.5 48.4 47.3 45.5 43.6 41.8 39.9 38.1 39.0 39.9 40.9 41.8 42.7 43.6 44.5 45.5
Taraba 17.1 18.1 19.0 20.0 21.0 22.0 22.9 23.9 23.1 22.3 21.4 20.6 19.8 20.7 21.7 22.6 23.6 24.5 23.6 22.7 21.9 21.0 20.1 19.2 18.3 17.5
Yobe 44.1 42.1 40.1 38.1 36.1 34.1 32.1 30.1 33.0 35.9 38.9 41.8 44.7 43.6 42.5 41.5 40.4 39.3 39.6 40.0 40.3 40.7 41.0 41.3 41.7 42.0
Zamfora 12.4 15.0 17.5 20.0 22.5 25.1 27.6 30.1 28.0 25.9 23.7 21.6 19.5 23.3 27.0 30.8 34.5 38.3 37.1 36.0 34.8 33.7 32.5 31.3 30.2 29.0
Lighter numbers are estimates