India vs Lower-middle-income economies: Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled)
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) over time
- India
- Lower-middle-income economies
How they compare
Lower-middle-income economies currently reports 88.7 million No against 37.4 million No in India, a difference of 51.3 million No.
That makes Lower-middle-income economies's figure about 2.4 times India's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Lower-middle-income economies has been ahead every year.
India ranks 1st and Lower-middle-income economies ranks 2nd of 96 countries.
Lower-middle-income economies has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Lower-middle-income economies | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.47 million No | 125.31 million No | 61.84 million No | Lower-middle-income economies |
| 2010s | 48.99 million No | 107.04 million No | 58.05 million No | Lower-middle-income economies |
| 2020s | 38.48 million No | 89.9 million No | 51.42 million No | Lower-middle-income economies |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled), India or Lower-middle-income economies?
- Lower-middle-income economies, at 88.7 million No against 37.4 million No in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) between India and Lower-middle-income economies?
- 51.3 million No, with Lower-middle-income economies ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Lower-middle-income economies?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do India and Lower-middle-income economies rank globally for number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled)?
- India ranks 1st and Lower-middle-income economies ranks 2nd of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled estimates) (million) — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.