Child nutrition in India is a serious problem for the public administration.[1][2] However India is on course to meet select child nutrition targets such as the target for stunting.[3] In 2019, according to UNICEF report, malnutrition is the cause of 69% of deaths among children below 5 years in India.[4][5]
Rank
editThis is a list of states and union territories of India ranked by the percentage of underweight and overweight children, by the status of effective coverage of supplementary nutrition program for children, and by percentage of children living in households using iodized salt.
The figures come from the 2011 Evaluation Report on Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) published by Planning Commission, Government of India and National Family Health Survey 4 and 5.[6]
| Columns | Explanation |
|---|---|
| (1) & (2) | Children refers to the age group 0–59 months.[2] |
| (3) | Effective coverage of supplementary nutrition programme as % of children recorded in delivery register (2011).[6] |
| (4) | % Children age 6–59 months in households with iodized salt (2015–16).[7] |
| 1 | 2 | State/ UT | 3 | 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of underweight children[2] | % of overweight children[2] | Rank | Supplementary nutrition coverage as % of children[6] | % children living in households using iodized salt[7] | |||
| % change from (2015–16) to (2019–20) | NFHS-5 (2019–20) | % change from (2015–16) to (2019–20) | NFHS-5 (2019–20) | ||||
 (0.7)
|
12.7 | (5.8)
|
10 | Mizoram | 1 | 69.8 | 98.9 |
 (2.3)
|
32.9 | (0.6)
|
3.2 | Karnataka | 2 | 67.5 | 86.6 |
| (4.4)
|
21 | (3.9)
|
9.6 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | 65.9 | 93.4 |
| (0.6)
|
32.2 | (2.2)
|
4.3 | West Bengal | 4 | 65.8 | 94.1 |
| (0.4)
|
39.7 | (2.0)
|
3.9 | Gujarat | 5 | 65.7 | 95.8 |
| – | – | – | – | Chhattisgarh | 6 | 65.1 | 99.3 |
| – | – | – | – | Tamil Nadu | 7 | 63.7 | 84 |
| – | – | – | – | Jharkhand | 8 | 63.6 | 97.6 |
| (3.6)
|
19.7 | (0.6)
|
4 | Kerala | 9 | 60.7 | 98.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Odisha | 10 | 58.8 | 92.7 |
| (0.2)
|
24 | (0.9)
|
2.8 | Goa | 11 | 58.7 | 97.9 |
| (0.1)
|
36.1 | (2.2)
|
4.1 | Maharashtra | 12 | 58.4 | 96.3 |
| (2.3)
|
26.6 | (0.1)
|
4 | Meghalaya | 13 | 57.5 | 99 |
| (1.5)
|
25.6 | (5.2)
|
8.2 | Tripura | 14 | 52.8 | 99.1 |
| (0.9)
|
13.1 | (0.8)
|
9.6 | Sikkim | 15 | 52.5 | 99.8 |
| (4.3)
|
25.5 | (3.8)
|
5.7 | Himachal Pradesh | 16 | 52.4 | 99 |
| (2.3)
|
29.6 | – | – | Andhra Pradesh | 17 | 47.2 | 81.4 |
| – | – | – | – | Haryana | 18 | 43.6 | 91 |
| – | – | – | – |  All India
|
** | 41 | 93 |
| – | – | – | – | Punjab | 19 | 40.2 | 98.5 |
| – | – | – | – | Madhya Pradesh | 20 | 38.2 | 92.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Rajasthan | 21 | 33.4 | 92.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Arunachal Pradesh | 22 | 30.2 | 99.4 |
| (2.9)
|
41 | (1.2)
|
2.4 | Bihar | 23 | 29.4 | 93.1 |
| – | – | (1.5)
|
2.7 | Uttarakhand | 24 | 26.2 | 95.4 |
| – | – | – | – | Uttar Pradesh | 25 | 22.7 | 93.3 |
| (0.5)
|
13.3 | (0.3)
|
3.4 | Manipur | 26 | 21.6 | 99.4 |
| (10.2)
|
26.9 | (1.1)
|
4.9 | Nagaland | 27 | 19.8 | 99.4 |
| (3)
|
32.8 | (2.6)
|
4.9 | Assam | 28 | 5.9 | 99.6 |
| (3.4)
|
31.8 | (2.7)
|
3.4 | Telangana | 29 | ||
| – | – | – | – | Chandigarh | U/T | 59.9 | 100 |
| – | – | – | – | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | U/T | 57.6 | 62.1 |
| – | – | – | – | Daman and Diu | U/T | 50.3 | 96.5 |
| – | – | – | – | Puducherry | U/T | 49.9 | 93.6 |
| – | – | – | – | Delhi | U/T | 49.7 | 98.2 |
| (2.1)
|
23.7 | (2.4)
|
5.4 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | U/T | – | 98.9 |
| (2.2)
|
25.8 | (8.9)
|
10.5 | Lakshadweep | U/T | – | 95.8 |
| (1.7)
|
20.4 | (9.4)
|
13.4 | Ladakh | U/T | – | – |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Subhomay Saha; Rashi Singh (15 April 2021). "Child malnutrition in India: A systemic failure". Down To Earth. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Ritankar Chakraborty; Devikrishna NB; Alka Chauhan; Nand Lal Mishra (11 January 2021). "Acute malnutrition worsened among children: NFHS-5". Down To Earth. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Country Nutrition Profiles: India". Global Nutrition Report. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Malnutrition behind 69 per cent deaths among children below 5 years in India: UNICEF report". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "In India, 8.8 lakh children under five years – highest in the world – died in 2018, says UNICEF". Scroll.in. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Evaluation Study on Integrated Child Development Services. Volume 1" (PDF). Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office. Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission, Government of India. March 2011. p. 36. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b "India. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4)" (PDF). International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 2015–2016. Retrieved 11 September 2021.