Area Database (v4.1)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of wasted children
Subnational regions
Sudan
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
Sudan (Africa)  
Total 15.0 15.1 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.7
Al Gedarif 16.8 16.5 16.2 15.9 15.6 15.3 15.0 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.8
Al Gezira 11.6 11.9 12.2 12.5 12.8 13.1 13.4 13.7 14.0 14.3 14.6
Blue Nile 18.9 17.7 16.6 15.4 14.3 13.1 12.0 10.8 9.65 8.50 7.35
Kassala 13.7 14.4 15.0 15.7 16.4 17.1 17.7 18.4 19.1 19.8 20.4
Khartoum 9.78 10.5 11.1 11.8 12.5 13.2 13.8 14.5 15.2 15.9 16.5
Nahr El Nil 16.0 16.6 17.1 17.7 18.3 18.9 19.4 20.0 20.6 21.2 21.7
North Darfur 15.2 17.0 18.7 20.4 22.1 23.9 25.6 27.3 29.0 30.8 32.5
North Kordofan 17.2 16.8 16.5 16.1 15.8 15.4 15.1 14.7 14.4 14.0 13.7
Northern 13.0 12.7 12.5 12.2 12.0 11.7 11.5 11.2 11.0 10.7 10.5
Red Sea 35.3 32.2 29.0 25.9 22.8 19.7 16.5 13.4 10.3 7.15 4.03
Sinnar 24.1 23.0 21.8 20.6 19.4 18.3 17.1 15.9 14.7 13.6 12.4
South Darfur 12.0 12.6 13.1 13.6 14.1 14.7 15.2 15.7 16.2 16.8 17.3
South Kordofan 17.0 16.7 16.4 16.1 15.8 15.5 15.2 14.9 14.6 14.3 14.0
West Darfur 15.3 15.5 15.8 16.0 16.3 16.5 16.8 17.0 17.3 17.5 17.8
White Nile 16.7 16.5 16.2 16.0 15.8 15.6 15.3 15.1 14.9 14.7 14.4
Lighter numbers are estimates