Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 27.2 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon is 27.2 %, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon peaked at 37.7 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 27.1 %, in 2022.
That places Cameroon 29th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 37.6 % | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 37.7 % | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 37.6 % | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 37.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 37 % | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 36.6 % | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 36 % | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 35.3 % | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 34.5 % | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 33.7 % | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 32.9 % | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 32.3 % | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 31.7 % | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 31.2 % | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 30.7 % | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 30.1 % | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 29.4 % | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 28.7 % | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 28.1 % | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 27.5 % | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 27.2 % | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 27.1 % | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 27.2 % | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 27.2 % | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 27.2 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.2 %, 1.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 27.2 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 24.8 %, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.7 % | 34.5 % | 37.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.88 % | 28.1 % | 33.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.24 % | 27.1 % | 27.5 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 27 Cabo Verde 5.3 % compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 28.3 % compare
- 28 Philippines 27.7 % compare
- 30 Liberia 26.9 % compare
- 31 Guinea 26.6 % compare
- 32 Nepal 26 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Cameroon was 27.2 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 37.7 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.1 % in 2022.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Cameroon ranks 29th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled estimates) (percent) — 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.