Nutritional Status Of Children Under-five (National, Provincial)

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1 Malnutritional Indicators of Children Under Five (%)
2 Provincial/Regional Breakdown of Malnutrition Indicators (%)
3 Malnutrition among Preschool-Aged Children (0–4 years of age)
4 Malnutrition among School-Aged Children (5–19 Years of Age), 2022

Malnutritional Indicators of Children Under Five (%)
Indicator Total Boys Girls
Stunting 40 40.9 39.4
Wasting 17.7 18.4 17
Underweight 29 29.3 28.4
Overweight 9.5 9.7 9.2
Source: NNS 2018

 

Provincial/Regional Breakdown of Malnutrition Indicators (%)
Region Stunting Wasting Underweight Overweight
ICT 32.6 12.1 19.2 5.8
Balochistan 46.6 18.9 31 16.7
KP 40 15 23.1 12.9
Punjab 36.4 15.3 23.5 9.9
Sindh 45.5 23.3 41.3 5.2
Source: NNS 2018

 

Malnutrition among Preschool-Aged Children (0–4 years of age)
Stunted (%) 2022 Wasted (%) 2016–2023 (R) Overweight (%) 2022
Moderate and severe (m) Severe Moderate and severe (R) Moderate and severe (m)
34 2 7 3
Source: UNICEF (State of World’s Children 2024)

 

Malnutrition among School-Aged Children (5–19 Years of Age), 2022
Thinness (%) Overweight (%)
Thin and severely thin Overweight and obese
16 19
Source: UNICEF (State of World’s Children 2024)
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