Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Lower-middle-income economies
Lower-middle-income economies: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 28.9 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Lower-middle-income economies, 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 Lower-middle-income economies stood at 28.9 %. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Lower-middle-income economies peaked at 44.6 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.9 %, in 2023.
Lower-middle-income economies ranks 11th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Lower-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 44.1 % | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 43.8 % | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 43.3 % | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 42.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 42.4 % | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 41.8 % | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 41.1 % | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 40.3 % | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 39.5 % | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 38.5 % | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 37.6 % | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 36.6 % | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 35.7 % | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 34.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 33.9 % | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 33.1 % | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 32.1 % | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 31.2 % | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 30.4 % | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 29.7 % | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 29.2 % | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 29 % | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 28.9 % | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 28.9 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.38 % | 39.5 % | 44.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.39 % | 30.4 % | 38.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.14 % | 28.9 % | 29.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower-middle-income economies
- 8 Afghanistan 42 % compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 23.5 % compare
- 9 Central African Republic 38.9 % compare
- 10 Madagascar 38.4 % compare
- 11 Mozambique 37 % compare
- 11 Viet Nam 19.2 % compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 16.6 % compare
- 12 Ethiopia 35.5 % compare
- 13 Sudan 35.4 % compare
- 13 Micronesia 13.6 % compare
- 14 Lesotho 35 % compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11.7 % compare
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- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,312 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,789 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 7 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 12 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 4 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 8,996 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 242.5 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,714 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 43.8 % (2023)
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 117 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Lower-middle-income economies was 28.9 % 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 Lower-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 44.6 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Lower-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9 % in 2023.
- How does Lower-middle-income economies rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Lower-middle-income economies ranks 11th out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) rising or falling in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower-middle-income economies 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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