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Stunting Rates by Country 2024
- Data shown represent the percentage of children under age 5 whose height appears stunted compared to average expected height for a child their age.
Country | Stunting Rates | Most recent data year |
|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 55.8% | 2022 |
| Eritrea | 52.5% | 2010 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49.5% | 2010 |
| Niger | 47.7% | 2022 |
| Timor Leste | 46.7% | 2020 |
| Yemen | 46.4% | 2013 |
| Guatemala | 46% | 2021 |
| DR Congo | 41.8% | 2017 |
| Madagascar | 39.8% | 2021 |
| Central African Republic | 39.8% | 2019 |
| Sudan | 38.2% | 2014 |
| Afghanistan | 38.2% | 2018 |
| Libya | 38.1% | 2014 |
| Pakistan | 37.6% | 2018 |
| Angola | 37.6% | 2015 |
| Mozambique | 37.5% | 2020 |
| Ethiopia | 36.8% | 2019 |
| India | 35.5% | 2020 |
| Malawi | 35.5% | 2020 |
| Marshall Islands | 34.8% | 2017 |
| Zambia | 34.6% | 2018 |
| Lesotho | 34.6% | 2018 |
| Bhutan | 33.5% | 2010 |
| Philippines | 33.1% | 2015 |
| Rwanda | 33.1% | 2020 |
| Laos | 33.1% | 2017 |
| Benin | 32.2% | 2018 |
| Solomon Islands | 31.7% | 2015 |
| Nigeria | 31.5% | 2020 |
| South Sudan | 31.3% | 2010 |
| Comoros | 31.1% | 2012 |
| Indonesia | 30.8% | 2018 |
| Guinea | 30.3% | 2018 |
| Tanzania | 30% | 2022 |
| Liberia | 29.8% | 2019 |
| Cameroon | 28.9% | 2018 |
| Botswana | 28.9% | 2007 |
| Vanuatu | 28.9% | 2013 |
| Bangladesh | 28% | 2019 |
| Chad | 28% | 2022 |
| Syria | 27.9% | 2010 |
| Guinea Bissau | 27.7% | 2019 |
| Myanmar | 26.7% | 2018 |
| Sierra Leone | 26.3% | 2021 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 26.2% | 2011 |
| Eswatini | 25.5% | 2014 |
| Uganda | 25.4% | 2020 |
| Somalia | 25.3% | 2009 |
| Mauritania | 25.1% | 2022 |
| Nepal | 24.8% | 2022 |
| Nauru | 24% | 2007 |
| Togo | 23.8% | 2017 |
| Zimbabwe | 23.5% | 2019 |
| Ivory Coast | 23.4% | 2021 |
| Ecuador | 23% | 2019 |
| Ukraine | 22.9% | 2000 |
| Namibia | 22.7% | 2013 |
| Burkina Faso | 22.6% | 2021 |
| Egypt | 22.3% | 2014 |
| Cambodia | 21.9% | 2021 |
| Haiti | 21.9% | 2017 |
| Malaysia | 21.8% | 2019 |
| Mali | 21.8% | 2022 |
| South Africa | 21.4% | 2017 |
| Cape Verde | 21.4% | 1994 |
| Djibouti | 20.9% | 2019 |
| Brunei | 19.7% | 2009 |
| Vietnam | 19.5% | 2020 |
| North Korea | 19.1% | 2017 |
| Honduras | 18.7% | 2019 |
| Senegal | 17.9% | 2019 |
| Azerbaijan | 17.8% | 2013 |
| Kenya | 17.6% | 2022 |
| Ghana | 17.5% | 2017 |
| Tajikistan | 17.5% | 2017 |
| Gambia | 17.5% | 2020 |
| Sri Lanka | 17.3% | 2016 |
| Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2012 |
| Bolivia | 16.1% | 2016 |
| Panama | 15.9% | 2019 |
| Maldives | 15.3% | 2017 |
| Kiribati | 15.2% | 2018 |
| Belize | 15% | 2015 |
| Gabon | 14.4% | 2020 |
| Morocco | 14.2% | 2019 |
| El Salvador | 13.6% | 2014 |
| Bahrain | 13.6% | 1995 |
| Mauritius | 13.6% | 1995 |
| Thailand | 13.4% | 2019 |
| Venezuela | 13.4% | 2009 |
| Mexico | 12.8% | 2021 |
| Romania | 12.8% | 2002 |
| Colombia | 12.7% | 2016 |
| Iraq | 12.6% | 2018 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11.8% | 2018 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7% | 2019 |
| Qatar | 11.6% | 1995 |
| Peru | 11.5% | 2021 |
| Oman | 11.4% | 2017 |
| Albania | 11.3% | 2017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10.8% | 2020 |
| Algeria | 9.8% | 2019 |
| Guyana | 9.5% | 2019 |
| Mongolia | 9.4% | 2018 |
| Armenia | 9.4% | 2016 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9.2% | 2011 |
| Costa Rica | 9% | 2018 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.9% | 2012 |
| Argentina | 8.7% | 2018 |
| Palestine | 8.7% | 2020 |
| Tunisia | 8.4% | 2018 |
| Suriname | 8.3% | 2018 |
| Kazakhstan | 8% | 2015 |
| Seychelles | 7.9% | 2012 |
| Barbados | 7.7% | 2012 |
| Jordan | 7.4% | 2019 |
| Samoa | 7.3% | 2019 |
| Brazil | 7.2% | 2019 |
| Turkmenistan | 7.2% | 2019 |
| Fiji | 7.2% | 2021 |
| Montenegro | 7.2% | 2018 |
| Japan | 7.1% | 2010 |
| Cuba | 7.1% | 2019 |
| Bulgaria | 7% | 2014 |
| Lebanon | 7% | 2021 |
| Uruguay | 6.9% | 2018 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 2019 |
| Uzbekistan | 6.5% | 2021 |
| Kuwait | 6.4% | 2020 |
| Moldova | 6.4% | 2012 |
| Turkey | 6% | 2018 |
| Georgia | 5.8% | 2018 |
| Tuvalu | 5.7% | 2019 |
| Paraguay | 5.6% | 2016 |
| Serbia | 5.4% | 2019 |
| China | 4.8% | 2017 |
| Iran | 4.8% | 2017 |
| Jamaica | 4.6% | 2018 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.6% | 2020 |
| Belarus | 4.5% | 2005 |
| Singapore | 4.5% | 2000 |
| North Macedonia | 4.3% | 2019 |
| Lithuania | 4.1% | 2021 |
| United States | 3.4% | 2018 |
| Portugal | 3.2% | 2016 |
| Czech Republic | 2.7% | 2001 |
| Poland | 2.6% | 2014 |
| Saint Lucia | 2.5% | 2012 |
| Tonga | 2.2% | 2019 |
| Australia | 1.9% | 2007 |
| Chile | 1.8% | 2014 |
| Belgium | 1.6% | 2014 |
| Netherlands | 1.5% | 2009 |
| Greece | 1.5% | 2003 |
| Germany | 1.3% | 2016 |
| Estonia | 1.2% | 2014 |
| South Korea | 0.9% | 2020 |
| Latvia | 0.5% | 2021 |