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Modeled child stunting prevalence

Name: Modeled child stunting prevalence
Creator: World Development Indicators
Keywords: trending-statistics-research, daily-10, child-nutrition, sh.sta.stnt.me.zs

Compare modeled child stunting prevalence across 160 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source dataset.

Source: World Development Indicators•160 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

16.3% of children under 5

Median: 12.0% of children under 5

Countries Covered

160

with available data

Highest

Burundi

55.3% of children under 5

Lowest

Poland

1.0% of children under 5

Top 5 Countries

1Burundi55.3% of children under 5

2Niger48.3% of children under 5

3Eritrea48.0% of children under 5

4Angola47.7% of children under 5

5Papua New Guinea47.6% of children under 5

By Region

Key Findings

•Coverage: 160 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2024.
•Published range: 1 to 55.3 % of children under 5.
•Discovery motivation: Wikimedia most-read surfaced Miss World 2026 and global public figures, motivating a population-health comparison focused on child development rather than celebrity rankings.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.0% of children under 5)High (55.3% of children under 5)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.3% of children under 5)

About This Statistic

Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.

MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated or carried across years beyond modeling explicitly documented by the publisher.

Methodology

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Burundi	55.3% of children under 5
2	Niger	48.3% of children under 5
3	Eritrea	48.0% of children under 5
4	Angola	47.7% of children under 5
5	Papua New Guinea	47.6% of children under 5
6	Yemen	47.4% of children under 5
7	Timor-Leste	45.4% of children under 5
8	Guatemala	44.6% of children under 5
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.1% of children under 5
10	Afghanistan	42.0% of children under 5
11	Central African Republic	38.9% of children under 5
12	Madagascar	38.4% of children under 5
13	Mozambique	37.0% of children under 5
14	Ethiopia	35.5% of children under 5
15	Sudan	35.4% of children under 5
16	Lesotho	35.0% of children under 5
17	Nigeria	33.8% of children under 5
18	Pakistan	33.6% of children under 5
19	Benin	33.2% of children under 5
20	Malawi	33.2% of children under 5
21	India	32.9% of children under 5
22	Zambia	32.3% of children under 5
23	Chad	31.5% of children under 5
24	Vanuatu	31.0% of children under 5
25	Marshall Islands	30.0% of children under 5
26	South Sudan	30.0% of children under 5
27	Lao People's Democratic Republic	29.9% of children under 5
28	United Republic of Tanzania	29.9% of children under 5
29	Rwanda	29.8% of children under 5
30	Solomon Islands	29.8% of children under 5
31	Guinea-Bissau	28.3% of children under 5
32	Philippines	27.7% of children under 5
33	Cameroon	27.2% of children under 5
34	Liberia	26.9% of children under 5
35	Guinea	26.6% of children under 5
36	Nepal	26.0% of children under 5
37	Sierra Leone	25.2% of children under 5
38	Bangladesh	25.1% of children under 5
39	Myanmar	24.5% of children under 5
40	South Africa	24.4% of children under 5
41	Malaysia	24.3% of children under 5
42	Somalia	23.9% of children under 5
43	Zimbabwe	23.7% of children under 5
44	Syrian Arab Republic	23.5% of children under 5
45	Uganda	23.5% of children under 5
46	Mali	23.2% of children under 5
47	Togo	23.0% of children under 5
48	Indonesia	22.6% of children under 5
49	Cambodia	22.0% of children under 5
50	Haiti	21.6% of children under 5
51	Mauritania	21.5% of children under 5
52	Botswana	21.0% of children under 5
53	Djibouti	20.9% of children under 5
54	Cote d'Ivoire	20.3% of children under 5
55	Burkina Faso	19.5% of children under 5
56	Vietnam	19.2% of children under 5
57	Eswatini	18.9% of children under 5
58	Honduras	17.9% of children under 5
59	Kenya	17.9% of children under 5
60	Bhutan	17.9% of children under 5
61	Ecuador	17.7% of children under 5
62	Comoros	17.4% of children under 5
63	Senegal	17.2% of children under 5
64	Equatorial Guinea	17.1% of children under 5
65	North Korea	16.6% of children under 5
66	Namibia	16.4% of children under 5
67	Republic of the Congo	16.3% of children under 5
68	Nauru	16.0% of children under 5
69	Ghana	15.6% of children under 5
70	Kiribati	14.7% of children under 5
71	Maldives	14.2% of children under 5
72	Republic of The Gambia	14.0% of children under 5
73	Panama	14.0% of children under 5
74	Gabon	13.7% of children under 5
75	Morocco	13.7% of children under 5
76	Mexico	13.1% of children under 5
77	Tajikistan	13.1% of children under 5
78	Oman	12.9% of children under 5
79	Egypt	12.9% of children under 5
80	Thailand	12.3% of children under 5
81	Ukraine	11.7% of children under 5
82	Venezuela	11.7% of children under 5
83	Belize	11.7% of children under 5
84	Colombia	11.6% of children under 5
85	Saudi Arabia	11.1% of children under 5
86	Kyrgyzstan	11.0% of children under 5
87	Argentina	10.7% of children under 5
88	Bolivia	10.7% of children under 5
89	Costa Rica	10.6% of children under 5
90	Peru	10.6% of children under 5
91	Sri Lanka	10.1% of children under 5
92	Lebanon	10.1% of children under 5
93	Sao Tome and Principe	10.0% of children under 5
94	Brunei Darussalam	9.9% of children under 5
95	El Salvador	9.4% of children under 5
96	Iraq	9.4% of children under 5
97	Libya	9.2% of children under 5
98	Tunisia	8.9% of children under 5
99	Algeria	8.9% of children under 5
100	Brazil	8.9% of children under 5
101	Samoa	8.4% of children under 5
102	Montenegro	8.0% of children under 5
103	Suriname	8.0% of children under 5
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.9% of children under 5
105	Mauritius	7.8% of children under 5
106	Trinidad and Tobago	7.8% of children under 5
107	Jordan	7.7% of children under 5
108	Albania	7.4% of children under 5
109	Cuba	7.3% of children under 5
110	Fiji	7.2% of children under 5
111	Guyana	7.1% of children under 5
112	Mongolia	7.1% of children under 5
113	Romania	7.0% of children under 5
114	Jamaica	6.9% of children under 5
115	Azerbaijan	6.8% of children under 5
116	Uzbekistan	6.7% of children under 5
117	Turkmenistan	6.5% of children under 5
118	Uruguay	6.5% of children under 5
119	Seychelles	6.2% of children under 5
120	Armenia	6.2% of children under 5
121	Barbados	5.8% of children under 5
122	Dominican Republic	5.6% of children under 5
123	Bulgaria	5.5% of children under 5
124	Türkiye	5.5% of children under 5
125	Qatar	5.4% of children under 5
126	Cape Verde	5.3% of children under 5
127	Tuvalu	5.3% of children under 5
128	Japan	5.2% of children under 5
129	Islamic Republic of Iran	4.8% of children under 5
130	Georgia	4.7% of children under 5
131	Serbia	4.6% of children under 5
132	Bahrain	4.6% of children under 5
133	People's Republic of China	4.5% of children under 5
134	Kuwait	4.5% of children under 5
135	Kazakhstan	4.4% of children under 5
136	Moldova, Republic of	4.2% of children under 5
137	United States of America	4.2% of children under 5
138	The Republic of North Macedonia	3.8% of children under 5
139	Malta	3.5% of children under 5
140	United Kingdom	3.5% of children under 5
141	Paraguay	3.2% of children under 5
142	Portugal	3.2% of children under 5
143	Australia	3.1% of children under 5
144	Saint Lucia	2.8% of children under 5
145	Singapore	2.8% of children under 5
146	Belgium	2.6% of children under 5
147	Czech Republic	2.4% of children under 5
148	Germany	2.2% of children under 5
149	Ireland	2.2% of children under 5
150	Greece	2.0% of children under 5
151	South Korea	1.8% of children under 5
152	Chile	1.7% of children under 5
153	Finland	1.7% of children under 5
154	Latvia	1.7% of children under 5
155	Lithuania	1.6% of children under 5
156	Netherlands	1.6% of children under 5
157	Tonga	1.6% of children under 5
158	Estonia	1.3% of children under 5
159	Belarus	1.1% of children under 5
160	Poland	1.0% of children under 5

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Data Source

This data comes from World Development Indicators (2024).

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