Health (v2.1)

Child underweight and overweight (2022)

% Overweight
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 4.80
Blantyre 5.20
Kasungu 10.5
Lilongwe 3.20
Machinga 5.40
Mangochi 5.40
Mulanje 3.65
Mzimba 8.55
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 4.30
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 6.70
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 3.55
Salima 4.45
Thyolo 6.30
Zomba 3.85
Lighter numbers are estimates; years may differ