Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled estimates) (percent) — Value by country

Regions and income groups

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

• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 41.5 %
• Low-income economies 35.8 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 33.3 %
• Middle Africa 40.1 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 32.2 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 33.9 %
• Southern Asia 31.4 %
• Eastern Africa 31.2 %
• Africa 30.3 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 30.2 %
• Western Africa 29.7 %
• Asia 23.3 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 29.1 %
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 21.3 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 28.9 %
• Southern Africa 24.1 %
• World 23.2 %
• South-Eastern Asia 22.7 %
• Oceania 20.8 %
• Northern Africa 18.1 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 18.1 %
• Western Asia 18 %
• Central America 17.2 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 13.1 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 12.4 %
• Caribbean 12.2 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 10.8 %
• South America 9.9 %
• Central Asia 7.4 %
• Eastern Asia 4.8 %
• Eastern Europe 4.6 %
• United States of America 4.2 %
• Northern America 4.1 %
• High-income economies 4 %
• Northern America and Europe 3.8 %
• Europe 3.6 %
• Southern Europe 3.6 %
• Northern Europe 3 %
• Western Europe 2.5 %