The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey from the Ghana Statistical Service indicates that about 17% of Ghana’s children under five are stunted.
To evaluate children’s nutritional status, the 2022 GDHS compares weight and height data to a global reference standard.
A child who is stunted may not have developed to their full potential as a result of disease, malnutrition, or other circumstances.
According to the survey, stunting affects children more frequently in rural areas (20%) than in urban areas (15%).
Stunting rates are highest in the Northern Region (30%) and North East Region (29%), and lowest in the Eastern Region (10%).
Stunted children under five made up 17% of the population in 2022, compared to 33% in 1993.
In the meantime, 6% of kids under five are wasted. The 2022 GDHS identified wasting as a sign of severe malnourishment.
Additionally, the phenomenon has decreased, going from 14% in 1993 to 23% in 2022.
Underweight children under five now make up 12% of the population, up from 6% in 1993. Nonetheless, 2% of Ghanaian children under the age of five suffer from obesity.
