Table 1 Prevalence of childhood stunting by selected variables, Rwanda DHS 2000–2015

Overall

[45.7,49.1]

[50.0,53.9]

[42.1,45.9]

[36.4,40.2]

 0–11

[20.5,25.4]

[23.1,29.5]

[17.7,23.6]

[15.3,21.5]

 5–23

[48.0,54.2]

[54.0,61.3]

[46.0,53.6]

[44.3,51.5]

 24–35

[55.4,62.3]

[58.1,65.5]

[47.8,54.9]

[41.5,48.7]

 36–47

[53.2,60.1]

[55.6,63.4]

[47.5,54.3]

[39.7,47.4]

 48–59

[53.7,59.8]

[53.4,61.8]

[42.3,49.6]

[33.0,41.3]

 Girls

[42.9,47.0]

[47.9,52.9]

[38.2,43.2]

[31.5,36.5]

 Boys

[47.6,52.0]

[50.8,56.3]

[44.9,49.6]

[40.0,45.1]

  ≥ 2.5 kg

[34.3,40.1]

[39.3,46.2]

[37.6,42.0]

[34.5,38.3]

  <  2.5 kg (low)

[40.0,60.0]

[48.6,75.9]

[51.0,67.1]

[47.8,63.3]

  <  25

[40.7,47.2]

[44.3,52.6]

[35.9,43.7]

[31.2,38.9]

 25–34

[44.2,49.0]

[49.8,55.1]

[40.6,45.4]

[36.4,41.3]

 35–39

[44.9,52.4]

[50.1,58.9]

[43.2,52.0]

[34.8,44.8]

 40–49

[49.4,57.0]

[47.5,56.0]

[45.2,54.9]

[34.2,45.6]

 No education

[50.0,55.0]

[52.7,59.8]

[46.9,54.4]

[42.7,52.0]

 Primary

[45.4,49.5]

[49.4,54.0]

[42.5,46.8]

[37.5,41.8]

 Secondary+

[27.3,35.1]

[33.4,46.5]

[18.6,28.4]

[16.9,25.2]

 No

[45.2,48.6]

[49.6,53.6]

[41.8,45.6]

[36.2, 40.0]

 Yes

[50.0,60.3]

[52.5,71.4]

[53.3,80.5]

[42.4,72.5]

 Urban

[29.5,37.9]

[34.1,42.8]

[22.3,32.5]

[21.9,30.3]

 Rural

[48.1,51.6]

[52.0,56.2]

[44.2,48.2]

[38.7,42.9]

 First

[43.0,49.5]

[45.8,54.5]

[33.1,39.8]

[31.8,38.1]

 2–3 and < 24 months

[44.6,52.9]

[48.9,60.3]

[37.8,48.0]

[33.7,46.6]

 2–3 and > 24 months

[40.7,46.7]

[47.5,54.8]

[42.8,49.1]

[33.9,40.0]

 4+ and < 24 months

[44.4,52.9]

[54.9,65.4]

[45.8,57.4]

[36.8,55.0]

 4+ and > 24 months

[47.0,51.8]

[47.2,52.7]

[43.8,49.6]

[38.4,45.0]

 Highest

[26.2,32.5]

[32.4,40.9]

[22.0,29.3]

[17.9,25.9]

 Fourth

[45.3,52.0]

[47.1,55.7]

[35.9,43.2]

[26.1,34.0]

 Middle

[46.6,53.1]

[48.3,55.8]

[41.6,49.9]

[34.4,42.5]

 Second

[47.7,54.4]

[51.3,59.3]

[47.0,54.2]

[42.4,49.8]

 Lowest

[48.6,54.1]

[57.4,64.8]

[49.4,57.0]

[45.0,51.8]