Health (v2.1)

Child stunting and wasting (2022)

% Stunted
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 35.1
Blantyre 32.3
Kasungu 36.8
Lilongwe 38.6
Machinga 39.7
Mangochi 41.3
Mulanje 33.0
Mzimba 24.9
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 38.3
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 26.3
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 30.1
Salima 23.5
Thyolo 42.8
Zomba 33.6
Lighter numbers are estimates; years may differ