Table 1 Description of Demographic and Health Surveys data by countries and SAM prevalence among under-five children in LMIC by rural–urban residence, 2010–2018.
Country | Year of survey | Number of under-5 children | Weighted rural (%) | Weighted SAM prevalence (%) | SAM (%) rural | SAM (%) urban |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 532,680 | 69.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.2* | |
Eastern Africa | 67,418 | 77.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | |
Burundi | 2016 | 6,052 | 91.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
Comoro | 2012 | 2,387 | 73.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
Ethiopia | 2016 | 8,919 | 89.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.2* |
Kenya | 2014 | 18,656 | 65.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8* |
Malawi | 2016 | 5,178 | 87.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Mozambique | 2011 | 9,313 | 73.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.5* |
Rwanda | 2015 | 3,538 | 83.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Tanzania | 2016 | 8,962 | 74.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8* |
Uganda | 2016 | 4,413 | 79.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
Middle Africa | 37,136 | 58.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | |
Angola | 2016 | 6,407 | 40.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
Cameroon | 2010 | 5,033 | 56.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
Chad | 2015 | 9,826 | 80.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Congo | 2012 | 4,475 | 40.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
DRC | 2014 | 8,059 | 69.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.5* |
Gabon | 2012 | 3,336 | 16.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
Northern Africa | 13,682 | 69.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | |
Egypt | 2014 | 13,682 | 69.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
Southern Africa | 20,273 | 66.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | |
Lesotho | 2016 | 1,312 | 72.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Namibia | 2013 | 1,558 | 56.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
South Africa | 2016 | 1,082 | 43.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Zambia | 2014 | 11,407 | 66.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Zimbabwe | 2015 | 4,914 | 70.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Western Africa | 85,462 | 67.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | |
Benin | 2018 | 12,033 | 61.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Burkina Faso | 2010 | 6,532 | 83.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
Cote d’Ivoire | 2012 | 3,200 | 64.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
Gambia | 2013 | 3,098 | 55.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
Ghana | 2014 | 2,720 | 54.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Guinea | 2012 | 3,085 | 75.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.4 |
Liberia | 2013 | 3,171 | 49.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
Mali | 2013 | 4,306 | 80.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
Niger | 2012 | 4,771 | 87.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
Nigeria | 2013 | 24,505 | 63.0 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.5* |
Senegal | 2017 | 10,787 | 63.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
Sierra Leone | 2013 | 4,069 | 77.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
Togo | 2014 | 3,185 | 65.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
Central Asia | 9,883 | 76.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | |
Kyrgyz | 2012 | 4,016 | 71.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
Tajikistan | 2017 | 5,867 | 79.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
Southern Asia | 245,173 | 72.2 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | |
Cambodia | 2014 | 4,324 | 85.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
Bangladesh | 2014 | 6,965 | 74.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
India | 2016 | 225,002 | 72.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5* |
Maldives | 2016 | 2,362 | 69.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
Nepal | 2016 | 2,369 | 47.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
Pakistan | 2018 | 4,151 | 67.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
Western Asia | 1561 | 43.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Armenia | 2016 | 1561 | 43.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Central America | 21,717 | 60.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
Guatemala | 2012 | 11,744 | 64.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Honduras | 2016 | 9,973 | 54.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
South America | 9,213 | 34.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
Peru | 2012 | 9,213 | 34.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
South Europe | 2,462 | 45.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
Albania | 2018 | 2,462 | 45.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Caribbean | 18,700 | 63.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | |
Dominica | 2013 | 3,187 | 25.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Haiti | 2016 | 5,598 | 66.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Myanmar | 2016 | 4,197 | 78.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Timor-Leste | 2016 | 5,718 | 71.3 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 7.1* |
