Papua New Guinea vs Southern Asia: 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
- Papua New Guinea
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 47.6 % against 31.4 % in Southern Asia, a difference of 16.2 %.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.5 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 5th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 147 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Southern Asia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.43 % | 46.1 % | 3.67 % | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 47.47 % | 37.75 % | 9.72 % | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 46.94 % | 31.7 % | 15.24 % | Papua New Guinea |
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), Papua New Guinea or Southern Asia?
- Papua New Guinea, at 47.6 % against 31.4 % in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) between Papua New Guinea and Southern Asia?
- 16.2 %, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Southern Asia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Southern Asia rank globally for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 5th and Southern Asia ranks 5th 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.