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Table 6 40 Sub-Saharan countries listed in descending order of Nutritional Transition Scores and the indicators that contribute to them

From: Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition

Country

PPP

Energy

% Energy from fat

Over weight/obesity

IMR

Stunting

Score

 

Low

High

High

Low

High

Low

High

Low

Low

High

Low

High

 

Angola

   

X

  

n/a

n/a

 

X

 

X

0

Burundi

 

X

 

X

 

X

n/a

n/a

 

X

 

X

0

Chad

   

X

   

X

 

X

  

0

Comoros

   

X

       

X

0

Congo Brazzaville

      

n/a

n/a

    

0

Dem. Republic of Congo

   

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

  

0

Ethiopia

   

X

 

X

 

X

   

X

0

Madagascar

 

X

   

X

 

X

   

X

0

Malawi

 

X

   

X

     

X

0

Mozambique

 

X

    

n/a

n/a

   

X

0

Niger

 

X

         

X

0

Rwanda

 

X

   

X

 

X

   

X

0

Tanzania

 

X

 

X

 

X

      

0

Uganda

            

0

Zambia

   

X

        

0

Benin

  

✔

         

1

Burkina Faso

  

✔

    

X

    

1

Central African Republic

   

X

✔

 

n/a

n/a

 

X

  

1

Cote d'Ivoire

✔

     

n/a

n/a

    

1

Eritrea

n/a

n/a

 

X

 

X

 

X

✔

   

1

Guinea-Bissau

      

n/a

n/a

 

X

✔

 

1

Kenya

✔

           

1

Liberia

 

X

  

✔

    

X

  

1

Mali

  

✔

      

X

  

1

Nigeria

  

✔

      

X

  

1

Togo

       

X

  

✔

 

1

Cameroon

✔

     

✔

     

2

Guinea

 

X

✔

 

✔

       

2

Lesotho

     

X

✔

 

✔

   

2

Namibia

n/a

n/a

      

✔

 

✔

 

2

Sierra Leone

    

✔

 

✔

  

X

  

2

Zimbabwe

n/a

n/a

  

✔

   

✔

   

2

Gambia

✔

   

✔

 

n/a

n/a

  

✔

 

3

Sao Tome and Principe

n/a

n/a

✔

 

✔

 

✔

     

3

Swaziland

      

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

3

Senegal

✔

   

✔

 

n/a

n/a

✔

 

✔

 

4

Cape Verde

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

n/a

n/a

✔

 

✔

 

5

Gabon

✔

 

✔

   

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

5

Ghana

✔

 

✔

  

X

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

5

South Africa

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

6

  1. High refers to countries whose levels were in the top quartile
  2. Low refers to countries whose levels were in the bottom quartile
  3. n/a refers to countries with no available data
  4. ✔ refers to levels included in the score
  5. X refers to levels opposite to those included in the score
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