Health (v2.1)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of wasted children
Subnational regions
Namibia
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 2022 2023
Namibia (Africa)  
Total 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.18 8.87 8.55 8.23 7.92 7.60 7.73 7.86 7.99 8.11 8.24 8.37 8.50 8.63 8.76 8.89
Central 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.3
Northeast 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60
Northwest 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3
South 6.60 6.60 6.60 6.60 6.60
Caprivi 11.3 10.7 10.2 9.60 9.05 8.50 7.95 7.40 6.85 6.30 6.19 6.07 5.96 5.84 5.73 5.61 5.50 5.39 5.27 5.16
Erongo 5.55 5.33 5.12 4.90 4.68 4.47 4.25 4.03 3.82 3.60 4.21 4.83 5.44 6.06 6.67 7.29 7.90 8.51 9.13 9.74
Hardap 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.0 11.8 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.2 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.7
Karas 2.90 3.37 3.83 4.30 4.77 5.23 5.70 6.17 6.63 7.10 7.06 7.01 6.97 6.93 6.89 6.84 6.80 6.76 6.71 6.67
Kavango 12.3 11.7 11.1 10.5 9.92 9.33 8.75 8.17 7.58 7.00 7.47 7.94 8.41 8.89 9.36 9.83 10.3 10.8 11.2 11.7
Khomas 5.95 5.93 5.92 5.90 5.88 5.87 5.85 5.83 5.82 5.80 6.03 6.26 6.49 6.71 6.94 7.17 7.40 7.63 7.86 8.09
Kunene 9.00 8.70 8.40 8.10 7.80 7.50 7.20 6.90 6.60 6.30 6.26 6.21 6.17 6.13 6.09 6.04 6.00 5.96 5.91 5.87
Ohangwena 18.5 17.2 16.0 14.8 13.6 12.4 11.2 9.93 8.72 7.50 7.57 7.64 7.71 7.79 7.86 7.93 8.00 8.07 8.14 8.21
Omaheke 22.8 21.0 19.3 17.5 15.7 14.0 12.2 10.4 8.67 6.90 7.86 8.81 9.77 10.7 11.7 12.6 13.6 14.6 15.5 16.5
Omusati 8.40 8.53 8.67 8.80 8.93 9.07 9.20 9.33 9.47 9.60 9.66 9.71 9.77 9.83 9.89 9.94 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2
Oshana 13.5 13.0 12.6 12.1 11.6 11.2 10.7 10.2 9.77 9.30 9.39 9.47 9.56 9.64 9.73 9.81 9.90 9.99 10.1 10.2
Oshikoto 5.15 5.83 6.52 7.20 7.88 8.57 9.25 9.93 10.6 11.3 11.0 10.8 10.5 10.3 10.0 9.76 9.50 9.24 8.99 8.73
Otjozondjupa 5.85 6.10 6.35 6.60 6.85 7.10 7.35 7.60 7.85 8.10 7.74 7.39 7.03 6.67 6.31 5.96 5.60 5.24 4.89 4.53
Lighter numbers are estimates