Zero hunger
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End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Young children and infants are most vulnerable to the effects of malnutrition. Globally, over 95 million fewer children were stunted in 2016 than in 1990. Number of children under age 5 that are stunted, height for age (millions)
SDG 2.2 South Asia
There will soon be fewer stunted children in South Asia than in Sub-Saharan Africa.
75
In Sub-Saharan Africa the number of stunted children has risen mainly because of the region’s increasing population.
East Asia & Pacific
100
50
Sub-Saharan Africa
25 Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa North America
0
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2016
Note: Estimates not available for Europe & Central Asia due to poor data coverage. Source: UNICEF, WHO and World Bank. WDI (SH.STA.STNT.ZS); Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (SP.POP.0004.FE; SP.POP.0004.MA).
Malnutrition is manifested in multiple ways. In lower-middle-income countries 12 percent of children suffer from wasting, while 5 percent are overweight. Prevalence of different types of malnutrition, children under age 5, 2016 (%) These children have a height for age substantially below (at least two standard deviations) the median of an international reference population. Stunting
SDG 2.2
These children have a weight for height substantially below that of the reference population. Wasting
And these children have a weight for height substantially above that of the reference population.
Severe wasting
Overweight
South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Middle East & North Africa East Asia & Pacific Latin America & Caribbean North America In richer countries more children are overweight than wasted.
Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income 0 10 20 30 40 50
0 10 20 30 40 50
0 10 20 30 40 50
0 10 20 30 40 50
Note: Regional aggregates for Europe & Central Asia are not available. Source: UNICEF, WHO and World Bank. WDI (SH.STA.STNT.ZS; SH.STA.WAST.ZS; SH.SVR.WAST.ZS; SH.STA.OWGH.ZS).
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Goal 2
Zero hunger