Health (v2.1)

Child underweight and overweight (2022)

% Underweight
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 13.7
Blantyre 12.4
Kasungu 10.5
Lilongwe 16.7
Machinga 18.2
Mangochi 17.6
Mulanje 8.45
Mzimba 9.60
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 13.5
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 7.05
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 12.8
Salima 7.60
Thyolo 16.2
Zomba 15.8
Lighter numbers are estimates; years may differ