Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Liberia
Liberia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 26.9 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Liberia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Liberia stood at 26.9 %.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Liberia peaked at 45 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 26.6 %, in 2023.
That places Liberia 30th 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 45 % | — |
| 2001 | 44.1 % | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 43.1 % | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 42.5 % | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 41.9 % | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 41.2 % | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 40.5 % | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 39.6 % | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 38.6 % | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 37.6 % | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 36.5 % | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 35.5 % | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 34.6 % | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 33.6 % | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 32.7 % | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 32.2 % | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 31.3 % | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 30.4 % | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 29.4 % | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 28.4 % | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 27.3 % | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 26.8 % | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 26.7 % | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 26.6 % | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 26.9 % | +1.1% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 26.9 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 32.35 %, 83% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 26.9 % 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 | 41.41 % | 37.6 % | 45 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.46 % | 28.4 % | 36.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.86 % | 26.6 % | 27.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 27 Cabo Verde 5.3 % compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 28.3 % compare
- 28 Philippines 27.7 % compare
- 29 Cameroon 27.2 % compare
- 31 Guinea 26.6 % compare
- 32 Nepal 26 % compare
- 33 Sierra Leone 25.2 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Liberia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Liberia was 26.9 % 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 45 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.6 % in 2023.
- How does Liberia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Liberia ranks 30th 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 Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.