Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child underweight and overweig…
Percentage of underweight children
Subnational regions
Congo Democratic Republic
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
Congo Democratic Republic (Africa)  
Total 25.3 25.1 24.9 24.7 24.5 24.3 24.1 23.8 23.4 23.1 23.1 23.0 23.0 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.8 22.8
Bandundu 28.6 28.2 27.8 27.4 27.0 26.6 26.2 26.2 26.3 26.3 27.6 28.9 30.3 31.6 32.9 34.2 35.5 36.9
Bas-Congo 22.5 23.6 24.7 25.8 26.9 28.0 29.1 28.6 28.0 27.5 27.3 27.0 26.8 26.5 26.3 26.1 25.8 25.6
Equateur 30.2 29.0 27.8 26.6 25.4 24.2 23.0 21.7 20.5 19.2 20.4 21.5 22.7 23.8 25.0 26.2 27.3 28.5
Kasai Occidental 31.8 32.2 32.5 32.9 33.3 33.6 34.0 32.8 31.5 30.3 30.0 29.7 29.4 29.1 28.8 28.5 28.2 27.9
Kasai Oriental 32.5 31.6 30.7 29.8 28.9 28.0 27.1 26.6 26.1 25.6 24.7 23.8 22.8 21.9 21.0 20.1 19.2 18.2
Katanga 19.7 20.0 20.2 20.5 20.8 21.0 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2
Kinshasa 13.3 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.0 13.0 12.9 10.0 7.17 4.30 5.54 6.78 8.02 9.26 10.5 11.7 13.0 14.2
Maniema 21.5 21.2 20.9 20.6 20.3 20.0 19.7 24.2 28.8 33.3 30.0 26.8 23.5 20.3 17.0 13.7 10.5 7.22
Nord-Kivu 14.6 16.6 18.5 20.5 22.5 24.4 26.4 25.1 23.8 22.5 22.4 22.3 22.2 22.1 22.0 21.9 21.8 21.7
Orientale 16.6 17.4 18.3 19.1 19.9 20.8 21.6 21.4 21.1 20.9 21.3 21.7 22.0 22.4 22.8 23.2 23.6 23.9
Sud-Kivu 34.1 33.0 31.8 30.7 29.6 28.4 27.3 27.2 27.0 26.9 25.5 24.1 22.8 21.4 20.0 18.6 17.2 15.9
Lighter numbers are estimates