Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) was 0.6 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea is 0.6 million No, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.6 million No in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3 million No, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 35th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3 million No | — |
| 2001 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4 million No | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5 million No | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6 million No | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.6 million No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4 million No, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.6 million No is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5 million No, 1.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4 million No | 0.3 million No | 0.5 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.54 million No | 0.5 million No | 0.6 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6 million No | 0.6 million No | 0.6 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Papua New Guinea?
- Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Papua New Guinea was 0.6 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 million No in 2016.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 million No in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 35th 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 Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.