Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child underweight and overweig…
Percentage of underweight children
Subnational regions
Gabon
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
Gabon (Africa)  
Total 9.58 9.35 9.13 8.90 8.68 8.45 8.23 8.00 7.78 7.55 7.33 7.10 6.88 6.65 6.43 6.20 5.98 5.75 5.53
Estuaire 8.43 8.18 7.94 7.70 7.46 7.22 6.98 6.73 6.49 6.25 6.01 5.77 5.53 5.28 5.04 4.80 4.56 4.32 4.08
Haut Ogooue 14.3 14.0 13.6 13.2 12.8 12.5 12.1 11.7 11.3 11.0 10.6 10.2 9.83 9.45 9.08 8.70 8.33 7.95 7.58
Libreville-Port Gentil 6.70 6.53 6.37 6.20 6.03 5.87 5.70 5.53 5.37 5.20 5.03 4.87 4.70 4.53 4.37 4.20 4.03 3.87 3.70
Moyen Ogooue 4.85 5.37 5.88 6.40 6.92 7.43 7.95 8.47 8.98 9.50 10.0 10.5 11.1 11.6 12.1 12.6 13.1 13.6 14.2
Ngounie 12.5 12.3 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.3 11.1 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.1 9.87 9.63 9.38 9.14 8.90 8.66 8.42 8.18
Nyanga 17.2 16.7 16.2 15.7 15.2 14.7 14.2 13.7 13.2 12.8 12.3 11.8 11.3 10.8 10.3 9.80 9.31 8.82 8.33
Ogooue Ivindo 15.7 15.4 15.2 15.0 14.8 14.6 14.4 14.1 13.9 13.7 13.5 13.3 13.1 12.8 12.6 12.4 12.2 12.0 11.8
Ogooue Lolo 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8
Ogooue Maritime 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.78 1.57 2.35 3.13 3.92 4.70 5.48 6.27 7.05 7.83 8.62 9.40 10.2 11.0 11.8
Woleu Ntem 11.3 10.8 10.4 9.90 9.44 8.98 8.53 8.07 7.61 7.15 6.69 6.23 5.78 5.32 4.86 4.40 3.94 3.48 3.03
Lighter numbers are estimates