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Prevalence of stunting, male (% of children under 5)

Name: Prevalence of stunting, male (% of children under 5)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, % of children under 5, prevalence, stunting, male, children, under

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•159 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

18.8% of children under 5

Median: 15.7% of children under 5

Countries Covered

159

with available data

Highest

Burundi

56.6% of children under 5

Lowest

Germany

0.4% of children under 5

Top 5 Countries

1Burundi56.6% of children under 5

2Eritrea53.5% of children under 5

3Papua New Guinea50.9% of children under 5

4Niger50.4% of children under 5

5Yemen48.9% of children under 5

By Region

Africa24.4% of children under 5(9 countries)

Other21.4% of children under 5(100 countries)

North America20.5% of children under 5(3 countries)

Asia18.1% of children under 5(23 countries)

South America10.6% of children under 5(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.4% of children under 5)High (56.6% of children under 5)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.8% of children under 5)

Africa (9)

Other (100)

North America (3)

Asia (23)

South America (7)

Europe (16)

Oceania (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Burundi	56.6% of children under 5
2	Eritrea	53.5% of children under 5
3	Papua New Guinea	50.9% of children under 5
4	Niger	50.4% of children under 5
5	Yemen	48.9% of children under 5
6	Timor-Leste	48.6% of children under 5
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	47.2% of children under 5
8	Guatemala	47.1% of children under 5
9	Afghanistan	45.7% of children under 5
10	Madagascar	43.6% of children under 5
11	Angola	41.0% of children under 5
12	Mozambique	40.9% of children under 5
13	Central African Republic	40.8% of children under 5
14	Sudan	40.3% of children under 5
15	Ethiopia	39.8% of children under 5
16	Malawi	39.3% of children under 5
17	Marshall Islands	39.3% of children under 5
18	Lesotho	38.3% of children under 5
19	Zambia	38.3% of children under 5
20	Pakistan	38.2% of children under 5
21	Benin	37.0% of children under 5
22	Rwanda	37.0% of children under 5
23	India	36.2% of children under 5
24	Nigeria	35.0% of children under 5
25	Chad	34.8% of children under 5
26	Lao People's Democratic Republic	34.6% of children under 5
27	Solomon Islands	33.7% of children under 5
28	South Sudan	33.4% of children under 5
29	United Republic of Tanzania	33.3% of children under 5
30	Vanuatu	33.2% of children under 5
31	Liberia	31.8% of children under 5
32	Botswana	31.6% of children under 5
33	Guinea-Bissau	31.4% of children under 5
34	Cameroon	31.2% of children under 5
35	Equatorial Guinea	30.3% of children under 5
36	Guinea	29.1% of children under 5
37	Sierra Leone	29.1% of children under 5
38	Syrian Arab Republic	28.9% of children under 5
39	Somalia	27.7% of children under 5
40	Mauritania	27.6% of children under 5
41	Philippines	27.2% of children under 5
42	Uganda	27.2% of children under 5
43	Djibouti	26.9% of children under 5
44	Myanmar	26.7% of children under 5
45	Mali	26.7% of children under 5
46	Zimbabwe	26.7% of children under 5
47	Togo	26.2% of children under 5
48	Namibia	25.1% of children under 5
49	South Africa	24.9% of children under 5
50	Nepal	24.7% of children under 5
51	Haiti	24.6% of children under 5
52	Cambodia	24.5% of children under 5
53	Burkina Faso	24.5% of children under 5
54	Cote d'Ivoire	24.3% of children under 5
55	Bangladesh	23.8% of children under 5
56	Vietnam	23.7% of children under 5
57	Indonesia	23.4% of children under 5
58	Ukraine	22.9% of children under 5
59	Eswatini	22.7% of children under 5
60	Brunei Darussalam	22.6% of children under 5
61	Republic of the Congo	22.4% of children under 5
62	Malaysia	21.8% of children under 5
63	Kenya	19.6% of children under 5
64	Ghana	19.4% of children under 5
65	Comoros	19.2% of children under 5
66	Ecuador	19.2% of children under 5
67	Honduras	19.2% of children under 5
68	Republic of The Gambia	18.5% of children under 5
69	Senegal	18.5% of children under 5
70	Bhutan	18.5% of children under 5
71	North Korea	18.4% of children under 5
72	Nicaragua	18.2% of children under 5
73	Sri Lanka	17.9% of children under 5
74	Panama	17.6% of children under 5
75	Lebanon	17.2% of children under 5
76	Kiribati	16.4% of children under 5
77	Maldives	16.3% of children under 5
78	Belize	16.2% of children under 5
79	Bolivia	16.1% of children under 5
80	Gabon	15.7% of children under 5
81	Tajikistan	15.1% of children under 5
82	Kyrgyzstan	15.0% of children under 5
83	Morocco	14.9% of children under 5
84	Colombia	14.4% of children under 5
85	Romania	14.4% of children under 5
86	Saudi Arabia	13.6% of children under 5
87	Sao Tome and Principe	13.0% of children under 5
88	Egypt	13.0% of children under 5
89	Oman	12.7% of children under 5
90	Thailand	12.7% of children under 5
91	Peru	12.5% of children under 5
92	Iraq	12.3% of children under 5
93	Trinidad and Tobago	12.2% of children under 5
94	Nauru	12.1% of children under 5
95	Albania	11.6% of children under 5
96	Algeria	11.6% of children under 5
97	Mexico	11.5% of children under 5
98	Guyana	11.4% of children under 5
99	El Salvador	10.9% of children under 5
100	Mongolia	10.9% of children under 5
101	Armenia	10.9% of children under 5
102	Costa Rica	10.2% of children under 5
103	Suriname	10.1% of children under 5
104	Argentina	9.7% of children under 5
105	Bulgaria	9.5% of children under 5
106	Libya	9.1% of children under 5
107	Brazil	9.0% of children under 5
108	Seychelles	8.9% of children under 5
109	Barbados	8.9% of children under 5
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9% of children under 5
111	People's Republic of China	8.8% of children under 5
112	State of Palestine	8.6% of children under 5
113	Fiji	8.0% of children under 5
114	Tunisia	8.0% of children under 5
115	Cuba	7.7% of children under 5
116	Japan	7.7% of children under 5
117	Kazakhstan	7.7% of children under 5
118	Jordan	7.6% of children under 5
119	Samoa	7.6% of children under 5
120	Dominican Republic	7.5% of children under 5
121	Serbia	7.4% of children under 5
122	Turkmenistan	7.4% of children under 5
123	Uruguay	7.3% of children under 5
124	Qatar	7.2% of children under 5
125	Jamaica	7.0% of children under 5
126	Azerbaijan	6.9% of children under 5
127	Paraguay	6.7% of children under 5
128	Cape Verde	6.2% of children under 5
129	Montenegro	6.2% of children under 5
130	Türkiye	6.1% of children under 5
131	Uzbekistan	6.0% of children under 5
132	Moldova, Republic of	5.8% of children under 5
133	Tuvalu	5.7% of children under 5
134	Georgia	5.1% of children under 5
135	Singapore	5.0% of children under 5
136	Islamic Republic of Iran	4.9% of children under 5
137	Belarus	4.7% of children under 5
138	The Republic of North Macedonia	4.5% of children under 5
139	Saint Lucia	4.0% of children under 5
140	Kuwait	3.8% of children under 5
141	Czech Republic	3.2% of children under 5
142	Portugal	3.1% of children under 5
143	Malta	2.9% of children under 5
144	Ireland	2.8% of children under 5
145	United States of America	2.8% of children under 5
146	Tonga	2.5% of children under 5
147	Chile	2.1% of children under 5
148	Australia	2.0% of children under 5
149	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.8% of children under 5
150	United Kingdom	1.8% of children under 5
151	Netherlands	1.6% of children under 5
152	Belgium	1.4% of children under 5
153	Lithuania	1.1% of children under 5
154	Greece	1.0% of children under 5
155	Latvia	1.0% of children under 5
156	Poland	1.0% of children under 5
157	South Korea	0.8% of children under 5
158	Estonia	0.7% of children under 5
159	Germany	0.4% of children under 5

Showing 159 of 159 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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