Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled estimates) (million) — Value by country

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

• World 150.2 million No
• Asia 76.8 million No
• Lower-middle-income economies 88.7 million No
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 57.2 million No
• Africa 64.8 million No
• Middle Africa 14.7 million No
• Sub-Saharan Africa 59.6 million No
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 57.1 million No
• Southern Asia 56.4 million No
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 47.6 million No
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.3 million No
• Low-income economies 41.7 million No
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 24.1 million No
• Eastern Africa 23.3 million No
• Western Africa 19.9 million No
• Upper-middle-income economies 16.7 million No
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 14.6 million No
• South-Eastern Asia 11.6 million No
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 10.4 million No
• Latin America and the Caribbean 5.8 million No
• Northern Africa 5.2 million No
• Western Asia 5.1 million No
• Eastern Asia 2.9 million No
• South America 2.8 million No
• High-income economies 2.7 million No
• Central America 2.6 million No
• Northern America and Europe 2 million No
• Southern Africa 1.7 million No
• Europe 1.2 million No
• Northern America 0.8 million No
• United States of America 0.8 million No
• Oceania 0.7 million No
• Central Asia 0.7 million No
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.7 million No
• Eastern Europe 0.6 million No
• Caribbean 0.4 million No
• Western Europe 0.2 million No
• Northern Europe 0.2 million No
• Southern Europe 0.2 million No