Viet Nam vs Western Africa: 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
- Viet Nam
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 29.7 % against 19.2 % in Viet Nam, a difference of 10.5 %.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.5 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Viet Nam ranks 11th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 19 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Viet Nam | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.38 % | 37.94 % | 3.56 % | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 23.88 % | 32.52 % | 8.64 % | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 19.82 % | 29.56 % | 9.74 % | Western Africa |
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), Viet Nam or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 29.7 % against 19.2 % in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) between Viet Nam and Western Africa?
- 10.5 %, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Viet Nam and Western Africa?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Viet Nam and Western Africa rank globally for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Viet Nam ranks 11th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 19 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.