Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child underweight and overweig…
Percentage of underweight children
Subnational regions
Burkina Faso
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
Burkina Faso (Africa)  
Total 32.9 33.1 33.4 33.7 34.0 34.3 34.5 34.8 35.1 33.8 32.5 31.2 30.0 28.7 27.4 26.1 24.8 23.5 22.2
Boucle de Mouhoun 25.2 27.3 29.3 31.3 33.3 35.3 37.4 39.4 41.4 38.5 35.6 32.7 29.7 26.8 23.9 21.0 18.1 15.2 12.3
Cascades 48.9 48.7 48.5 48.3 48.1 47.9 47.7 47.5 47.3 43.8 40.3 36.8 33.2 29.7 26.2 22.7 19.2 15.7 12.2
Centre (incl Ouagadougou) 17.2 17.7 18.1 18.5 18.9 19.3 19.8 20.2 20.6 20.6 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.8 20.8 20.8 20.9 20.9
Centre-Est 17.5 20.4 23.2 26.0 28.8 31.6 34.5 37.3 40.1 38.7 37.3 35.9 34.4 33.0 31.6 30.2 28.8 27.4 26.0
Centre-Nord 30.5 29.8 29.2 28.6 28.0 27.4 26.7 26.1 25.5 25.2 25.0 24.7 24.5 24.2 24.0 23.7 23.4 23.2 22.9
Centre-Ouest 27.0 28.0 28.9 29.8 30.7 31.6 32.6 33.5 34.4 33.1 31.8 30.5 29.2 27.9 26.6 25.3 24.0 22.7 21.4
Centre-Sud 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.6 32.7 30.8 28.9 27.0 25.1 23.2 21.3 19.4 17.5 15.6
Est 56.6 53.7 50.7 47.8 44.9 41.9 39.0 36.0 33.1 33.6 34.1 34.6 35.2 35.7 36.2 36.7 37.2 37.7 38.2
Hauts Bassins 34.4 33.3 32.3 31.3 30.3 29.3 28.2 27.2 26.2 25.3 24.3 23.4 22.4 21.5 20.5 19.6 18.7 17.7 16.8
Nord 35.0 35.2 35.5 35.7 35.9 36.2 36.4 36.7 36.9 35.8 34.8 33.7 32.7 31.6 30.6 29.5 28.4 27.4 26.3
Plateau Central 30.0 32.3 34.6 36.9 39.2 41.5 43.8 46.1 48.4 45.1 41.7 38.4 35.1 31.8 28.4 25.1 21.8 18.4 15.1
Sahel 46.8 46.9 46.9 47.0 47.1 47.1 47.2 47.2 47.3 45.8 44.3 42.8 41.2 39.7 38.2 36.7 35.2 33.7 32.2
Sud-Ouest 46.6 45.9 45.3 44.6 43.9 43.3 42.6 42.0 41.3 38.6 35.9 33.2 30.5 27.8 25.1 22.4 19.7 17.0 14.3
Lighter numbers are estimates