Burkina Faso vs Mauritania: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 21.5 % against 19.5 % in Burkina Faso, a difference of 2 %.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 49th and Mauritania ranks 46th of 147 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.71 % | 33.15 % | 6.56 % | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 28.19 % | 24.3 % | 3.89 % | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 20.12 % | 21.68 % | 1.56 % | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled), Burkina Faso or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 21.5 % against 19.5 % in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) between Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 2 %, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mauritania rank globally for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Burkina Faso ranks 49th and Mauritania ranks 46th of 147 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled estimates) (percent) — 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.