List of Indian states by child nutrition

Child nutrition in India is a serious problem for the public administration. However India is on course to meet select child nutrition targets such as the target for stunting. In 2019, according to UNICEF report, malnutrition is the cause of 69% of deaths among children below 5 years in India.

Rank This 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. +KeyColumnsExplanation(1) & (2)Children refers to the age group 0–59 months.(3)Effective coverage of supplementary nutrition programme as % of children recorded in delivery register (2011).(4) % Children age 6–59 months in households with iodized salt (2015–16). 12State/ UT34 % of underweight children % of overweight childrenRank Supplementary nutrition coverage as % of children % children living in households using iodized salt% 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 69.898.9 (2.3)32.9 (0.6)3.2 Karnataka 2 67.586.6 (4.4)21 (3.9)9.6 Jammu and Kashmir 3 65.993.4 (0.6)32.2 (2.2)4.3 West Bengal 4 65.894.1 (0.4)39.7 (2.0)3.9 Gujarat 5 65.795.8–––– Chhattisgarh 6 65.199.3–––– Tamil Nadu 7 63.784–––– Jharkhand 8 63.697.6 (3.6)19.7 (0.6)4 Kerala 9 60.798.1–––– Odisha 10 58.892.7 (0.2)24 (0.9)2.8 Goa 11 58.797.9 (0.1)36.1 (2.2)4.1 Maharashtra 12 58.496.3 (2.3)26.6 (0.1)4 Meghalaya 13 57.599 (1.5)25.6 (5.2)8.2 Tripura 14 52.899.1 (0.9)13.1 (0.8)9.6 Sikkim 15 52.599.8 (4.3)25.5 (3.8)5.7 Himachal Pradesh 16 52.499 (2.3)29.6–– Andhra Pradesh 17 47.281.4–––– Haryana 18 43.691–––– All India ** 4193–––– Punjab 19 40.298.5–––– Madhya Pradesh 20 38.292.1–––– Rajasthan 21 33.492.1–––– Arunachal Pradesh 22 30.299.4 (2.9)41 (1.2)2.4 Bihar 23 29.493.1–– (1.5)2.7 Uttarakhand 24 26.295.4–––– Uttar Pradesh 25 22.793.3 (0.5)13.3 (0.3)3.4 Manipur 26 21.699.4 (10.2)26.9 (1.1)4.9 Nagaland 27 19.899.4 (3)32.8 (2.6)4.9 Assam 28 5.999.6 (3.4)31.8 (2.7)3.4Telangana29–––– Chandigarh U/T 59.9100–––– Dadra and Nagar Haveli U/T 57.662.1–––– Daman and Diu U/T 50.396.5–––– Puducherry U/T 49.993.6–––– Delhi U/T 49.798.2 (2.1)23.7 (2.4)5.4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands U/T –98.9 (2.2)25.8 (8.9)10.5LakshadweepU/T–95.8 (1.7)20.4 (9.4)13.4LadakhU/T––

List of Indian states by child nutrition

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