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Number of stunted, wasted, and overweight children worldwide in 2020, by region

Published by John Elflein, Aug 18, 2021
In 2020, roughly 61 million cases of stunting were recorded among children in Africa, versus 10.6 million cases of children being overweight. Stunting is a primary effect of malnutrition. This statistic shows the number of children under the age of five with stunting, wasting, or who were overweight worldwide in 2020, by region.

Number of children affected by stunting, wasting, or overweight worldwide in 2020, by region

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Release date

July 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Age group

under 5 years

Supplementary notes

* Asia excluding Japan.

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