Malawi vs Nigeria: 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
- Malawi
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 33.8 % against 33.2 % in Malawi, a difference of 0.6 %.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 15th of 147 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.33 % | 40.6 % | 12.73 % | Malawi |
| 2010s | 40.24 % | 35.94 % | 4.3 % | Malawi |
| 2020s | 33.48 % | 33.56 % | 0.08 % | Nigeria |
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), Malawi or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 33.8 % against 33.2 % in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) between Malawi and Nigeria?
- 0.6 %, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nigeria?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Nigeria rank globally for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Malawi ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 15th 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.