Area Database (v4.1)

Child underweight and overweig…
Percentage of underweight children
Subnational regions
Mauritania
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
Mauritania (Africa)  
Total 33.1 32.2 31.4 30.5 29.6 28.8 27.9 27.0 26.2 25.3 25.1 24.9 24.6 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.6 24.6 24.7 24.7 24.8
Adrar 53.9 51.0 48.0 45.1 42.2 39.2 36.3 33.4 30.4 27.5 26.7 26.0 25.2 24.4 24.3 24.2 24.0 23.9 23.8 23.7 23.5
Assaba 31.9 31.9 31.9 31.9 31.9 31.9 32.0 32.0 32.0 32.0 31.9 31.7 31.6 31.4 30.1 28.7 27.4 26.0 24.7 23.3 22.0
Brakna 33.1 32.3 31.6 30.9 30.2 29.5 28.8 28.0 27.3 26.6 26.2 25.7 25.3 24.8 26.0 27.2 28.3 29.5 30.7 31.9 33.0
Gorgol 50.3 48.6 47.0 45.4 43.8 42.2 40.6 38.9 37.3 35.7 34.5 33.3 32.1 30.9 30.1 29.4 28.6 27.8 27.0 26.3 25.5
Guidimagha 25.9 27.1 28.4 29.6 30.8 32.1 33.3 34.5 35.8 37.0 36.2 35.4 34.6 33.8 33.0 32.2 31.3 30.5 29.7 28.9 28.0
Hodh Charghi 42.6 41.5 40.5 39.4 38.3 37.3 36.2 35.1 34.1 33.0 33.2 33.3 33.5 33.6 34.0 34.5 34.9 35.3 35.7 36.2 36.6
Hodh Gharbi 23.4 23.8 24.2 24.6 25.0 25.4 25.9 26.3 26.7 27.1 28.1 29.1 30.0 31.0 29.5 27.9 26.4 24.8 23.3 21.7 20.2
Inchiri 42.1 39.5 37.0 34.4 31.9 29.3 26.8 24.2 21.7 19.1 19.1 19.0 19.0 19.0 18.9 18.9 18.8 18.8 18.8 18.7 18.7
Nouadhibou 16.8 16.3 15.8 15.3 14.8 14.3 13.9 13.4 12.9 12.4 11.0 9.65 8.28 6.90 7.33 7.75 8.18 8.60 9.03 9.45 9.88
Tagant 30.1 30.6 31.1 31.6 32.1 32.6 33.1 33.6 34.1 34.6 33.7 32.7 31.8 30.8 31.4 31.9 32.5 33.0 33.6 34.1 34.7
Tiris-Zemmour 25.5 24.7 24.0 23.2 22.5 21.7 21.0 20.2 19.5 18.7 18.6 18.4 18.3 18.1 17.4 16.6 15.9 15.1 14.4 13.6 12.9
Trarza incl Nouakchott 29.9 28.2 26.6 24.9 23.2 21.6 19.9 18.2 16.6 14.9 14.6 14.4 14.1 13.8 14.6 15.4 16.1 16.9 17.7 18.5 19.2
Lighter numbers are estimates