Area Database (v4.2)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of wasted children
Subnational regions
Ethiopia
All years

Percentage of wasted 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
Ethiopia (Africa)  
Total 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.0 11.6 11.2 10.7 10.3 9.90 9.92 9.94 9.96 9.98 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.1
Addis 7.38 6.92 6.46 6.00 5.54 5.08 4.62 4.16 3.70 3.88 4.07 4.25 4.43 4.62 4.80 4.56 4.32 4.08 3.84 3.60 3.36 3.12 2.88
Affar 17.0 16.8 16.6 16.4 16.2 16.0 15.8 15.6 15.4 16.3 17.3 18.2 19.1 20.1 21.0 20.5 19.9 19.4 18.8 18.3 17.8 17.2 16.7
Amhara 9.04 10.2 11.3 12.4 13.5 14.6 15.8 16.9 18.0 16.7 15.5 14.2 12.9 11.7 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.0 9.92 9.80 9.68 9.56 9.44
Ben-Gumz 12.8 13.9 14.9 15.9 16.9 17.9 19.0 20.0 21.0 19.2 17.3 15.5 13.6 11.8 9.90 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.9 11.0 11.2
Dire Dawa 10.5 11.2 11.8 12.5 13.2 13.8 14.5 15.1 15.8 15.2 14.6 14.0 13.3 12.7 12.1 11.8 11.5 11.2 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.00 9.70
Gambela 25.6 23.8 21.9 20.0 18.1 16.2 14.4 12.5 10.6 11.0 11.5 11.9 12.3 12.8 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.2
Harari 4.18 5.12 6.06 7.00 7.94 8.88 9.82 10.8 11.7 11.3 10.8 10.4 9.90 9.45 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.2 10.6 11.0 11.4 11.8 12.2
Oromiya 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.9 10.7 10.5 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.1 9.97 9.88 9.80 9.96 10.1 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.8 10.9 11.1
SNNP 19.6 18.2 16.9 15.5 14.1 12.8 11.4 10.1 8.70 8.55 8.40 8.25 8.10 7.95 7.80 7.44 7.08 6.72 6.36 6.00 5.64 5.28 4.92
Somali 19.9 20.2 20.6 20.9 21.2 21.6 21.9 22.3 22.6 22.3 22.0 21.7 21.3 21.0 20.7 21.2 21.7 22.2 22.7 23.2 23.7 24.2 24.7
Tigray 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.8 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.5 13.0 12.4 11.9 11.3 10.8 10.2 10.4 10.7 10.9 11.2 11.4 11.6 11.9 12.1
Lighter numbers are estimates