Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Malaysia
Malaysia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 24.3 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia stood at 24.3 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Malaysia peaked at 24.3 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.8 %, in 2010.
That places Malaysia 37th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 18.9 % | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 18.6 % | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 18.4 % | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 18.3 % | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 18.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18.2 % | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 18 % | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 17.9 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 17.8 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 17.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 18.1 % | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 18.5 % | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 19 % | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 19.5 % | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 20 % | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 20.5 % | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 20.8 % | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 21.2 % | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 21.6 % | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 22.2 % | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 23 % | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 23.7 % | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 24.3 % | +2.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 24.3 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.4 %, 2.9× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 24.3 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14.7 %, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.42 % | 17.9 % | 19.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.32 % | 17.8 % | 21.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.96 % | 21.6 % | 24.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Malaysia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Malaysia was 24.3 % 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8 % in 2010.
- How does Malaysia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Malaysia ranks 37th 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 Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.