Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal
Nepal: Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) was 0.7 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal is 0.7 million No, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal peaked at 2 million No in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.7 million No, in 2023.
Nepal ranks 31st of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 million No | — |
| 2001 | 2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.9 million No | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 1.8 million No | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 1.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.7 million No | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 1.6 million No | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 1.5 million No | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 1.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.4 million No | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 1.3 million No | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 1.2 million No | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1 million No | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 1.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 million No | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9 million No | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8 million No | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8 million No | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7 million No | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7 million No | +0.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.7 million No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4 million No, 1.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.72 million No | 1.4 million No | 2 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 million No | 0.9 million No | 1.3 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.76 million No | 0.7 million No | 0.8 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal?
- Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Nepal was 0.7 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2 million No in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7 million No in 2023.
- How does Nepal rank for number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled)?
- Nepal ranks 31st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled estimates) (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.