Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child underweight and overweig…
Percentage of underweight children
Subnational regions
Kenya
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
Kenya (Africa)  
Total 20.0 19.7 19.4 19.1 18.8 18.5 18.2 17.8 17.4 17.0 16.6 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.1 16.1 16.1 15.2 14.3 13.5 12.6 11.7 10.8 9.92 9.03 8.15
Central 15.9 15.3 14.7 14.2 13.6 13.1 12.5 12.2 12.0 11.7 11.5 11.2 11.6 12.0 12.5 12.9 13.3 11.9 10.5 9.15 7.77 6.38 5.00 3.62 2.23 0.85
Coast 32.9 31.3 29.7 28.1 26.4 24.8 23.2 22.4 21.6 20.7 19.9 19.1 20.0 21.0 21.9 22.9 23.8 22.0 20.2 18.4 16.6 14.8 13.0 11.2 9.40 7.60
Eastern 24.2 23.9 23.6 23.3 22.9 22.6 22.3 21.3 20.3 19.4 18.4 17.4 18.0 18.6 19.2 19.8 20.4 19.1 17.7 16.4 15.1 13.7 12.4 11.1 9.73 8.40
Nairobi 8.52 8.50 8.48 8.46 8.44 8.42 8.40 7.72 7.04 6.36 5.68 5.00 5.64 6.28 6.92 7.56 8.20 7.43 6.67 5.90 5.13 4.37 3.60 2.83 2.07 1.30
North Eastern 38.4 36.7 35.1 33.5 31.9 30.3 28.6 27.0 25.4 24.2 23.0 21.9 20.7 19.5 18.3 17.1 15.9 14.8
Nyanza 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.5 18.6 18.8 18.9 17.5 16.0 14.6 13.1 11.7 11.6 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.5 9.90 9.35 8.80 8.25 7.70 7.15 6.60 6.05
Rift Valley 21.5 21.1 20.7 20.3 20.0 19.6 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.5 19.3 19.0 18.8 18.5 18.0 17.4 16.9 16.4 15.8 15.3 14.8 14.2 13.7
Western 13.6 14.0 14.4 14.8 15.2 15.6 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.4 16.5 16.6 15.4 14.2 13.0 11.8 10.6 10.2 9.87 9.50 9.13 8.77 8.40 8.03 7.67 7.30
Lighter numbers are estimates