Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Melanesia
Melanesia: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 43.6 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia stood at 43.6 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Melanesia peaked at 43.6 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.3 %, in 2000.
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 Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 34.3 % | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 35.5 % | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 36.6 % | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 37.8 % | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 39 % | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 40.2 % | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 41.1 % | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 41.8 % | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 42.3 % | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 42.6 % | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 42.8 % | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 43 % | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 43.2 % | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 43.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 43.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 43.1 % | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 42.8 % | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 42.6 % | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 42.4 % | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 42.3 % | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 42.4 % | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 42.8 % | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 43.1 % | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 43.6 % | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.19 % | 33.3 % | 42.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.89 % | 42.4 % | 43.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.84 % | 42.3 % | 43.6 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Burundi 55.3 % compare
- 1 Timor-Leste 45.4 % compare
- 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 44.1 % compare
- 2 Niger 48.3 % compare
- 3 Eritrea 48 % compare
- 4 Angola 47.7 % compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 47.6 % compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.9 % compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 29.9 % compare
- 6 Yemen 47.4 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Melanesia?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Melanesia was 43.6 % 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.3 % in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Melanesia ranks 3rd out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.