From: Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition
Country | Infant Mortality Rate | Stunting (%) | Underweight-for-Age (%) | Low birth weight (%) | Exclusively Breastfed (%) | NCD Mortality Rate | Under weight (%) | Normal Weight (%) | Overweight/Obese (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola* | 130 | 50.8 | 27.5 | 12 | 11.1 | 1071 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Benin | 76 | 44.7 | 20.2 | 15 | 43.1 | 835 | 9.2 | 71.8 | 19 |
Burkina Faso | 92 | 44.5 | 37.4 | 16 | 6.8 | 924 | 20.8 | 69.9 | 9.3 |
Burundi* | 102 | 63.1 | 38.9 | 11 | 44.7 | 919 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Cameroon | 82 | 36.4 | 16.6 | 11 | 21.2 | 840 | 6.7 | 64.6 | 49.3 |
Cape Verde* | 24 | 21.4 | 11.8 | 6 | 59.6 | 591 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Central African Republic* (CAR) | 115 | 44.6 | 21.8 | 13 | 23.1 | 868 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Chad | 124 | 44.8 | 33.9 | 22 | 2.1 | 910 | 20.3 | 72 | 9.6 |
Comoros | 75 | 46.9 | 25.0 | 25 | 21.3 | 713 | 9.8 | 67.5 | 18.4 |
Congo Brazzaville* | 80 | 31.2 | 11.8 | 13 | 19.1 | 716 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Cote d'Ivoire* | 81 | 40.1 | 16.7 | 17 | 4.3 | 946 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | 126 | 45.8 | 28.2 | 12 | 36.1 | 921 | 18.4 | 71.3 | 11.3 |
Eritrea* | 41 | 43.7 | 34.5 | 14 | 52 | 686 | 37.3 | 53.8 | 8.9 |
Ethiopia | 69 | 50.7 | 34.6 | 20 | 49 | 817 | 25.6 | 69.1 | 4.4 |
Gabon | 57 | 26.3 | 8.8 | 14 | 5.2 | 716 | 6.6 | 64 | 29.5 |
Gambia* | 80 | 27.6 | 15.8 | 20 | 40.8 | 830 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Ghana | 51 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 9 | 62.8 | 699 | 8.6 | 61.4 | 30 |
Guinea | 90 | 40.0 | 20.8 | 12 | 48.1 | 844 | 13.2 | 72.5 | 14.3 |
Guinea-Bissau* | 117 | 28.1 | 17.2 | 24 | 27.9 | 925 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Kenya | 81 | 35.8 | 16.5 | 10 | n/a | 729 | 12.3 | 62.6 | 25.1 |
Lesotho | 63 | 45.2 | 16.6 | 13 | 36.4 | 581 | 5.7 | 52 | 42.3 |
Liberia | 100 | 39.4 | 20.4 | 14 | 29.1 | 931 | 10 | 69.4 | 20.5 |
Madagascar | 68 | 52.8 | 36.8 | 17 | n/a | 799 | 26.7 | 67 | 6.3 |
Malawi | 65 | 53.2 | 15.5 | 13 | 56.7 | 796 | 9.2 | 77.1 | 13.6 |
Mali | 102 | 38.5 | 27.9 | 19 | 37.8 | 967 | 13.5 | 68.9 | 17.6 |
Mozambique* | 90 | 47 | 21.2 | 15 | 30 | 777 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Namibia* | 31 | 29.6 | 17.5 | 16 | 23.9 | 513 | 15.9 | 56 | 28.1 |
Niger | 79 | 54.8 | 39.9 | 27 | n/a | 1030 | 19.2 | 67.9 | 22.7 |
Nigeria | 96 | 41.0 | 26.7 | 14 | 13.1 | 909 | 12.2 | 65.7 | 22.1 |
Rwanda | 72 | 51.7 | 18.0 | 6 | 88.4 | 878 | 9.8 | 78.7 | 11.5 |
Sao Tome and Principe* | 64 | 35.2 | 10.1 | 8 | n/a | 788 | 7.7 | 58.7 | 33.7 |
Senegal* | 57 | 20.1 | 14.5 | 19 | 34.1 | 852 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Sierra Leone | 123 | 37.4 | 21.3 | 24 | 11.2 | 1033 | 11.2 | 59.1 | 29.7 |
South Africa (RSA) | 48 | 24.516 | 17.016 | 15 | 7.2 | 867 | 6.2 | 38.9 | 54.9 |
Swaziland | 59 | 29.5 | 6.1 | 9 | 32.3 | 707 | 3.2 | 46.2 | 50.6 |
Tanzania | 67 | 44.4 | 16.7 | 14 | 60.1 | 851 | 10.4 | 71.8 | 17.7 |
Togo | 64 | 26.9 | 20.5 | 10 | 41.3 | 818 | 10.9 | 77.8 | 11.4 |
Uganda | 84 | 38.7 | 16.4 | 12 | 48 | 786 | 12.1 | 71.3 | 16.5 |
Zambia | 92 | 45.8 | 14.9 | 11 | 60.7 | 833 | 9.6 | 71.2 | 19.2 |
Zimbabwe* | 62 | 35.8 | 14.0 | 11 | 22.2 | 816 | 9.2 | 65.8 | 25 |
Mean | 79.5 | 39.7 | 21.1 | 14.8 | 33.6 | 826.8 | 13.1 | 65.5 | 22.4 |
Standard Deviation | 25.5 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 20.2 | 121.8 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 13.2 |
Minimum-Maximum | 24-130 | 20.1-63.1 | 6.1-39.9 | 6-27 | 2.1-88.4 | 513-1071 | 3.2-37.3 | 38.9-78.7 | 4.4-54.9 |