Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Mozambique
Mozambique: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 37 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique stood at 37 %.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Mozambique peaked at 48.6 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 36.9 %, in 2023.
Mozambique ranks 11th of 147 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 48.1 % | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 47.7 % | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 47.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 46.9 % | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 46.5 % | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 46 % | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 45.5 % | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 44.8 % | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 44.2 % | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 43.6 % | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 43 % | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 42.6 % | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 42.3 % | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 41.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 41.4 % | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 40.8 % | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 39.9 % | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 38.9 % | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 38 % | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 37.4 % | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 37 % | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 37 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 36.9 % | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 37 % | +0.3% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 37 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 32.35 %, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 37 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 24.8 %, 1.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.56 % | 44.2 % | 48.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.24 % | 38 % | 43.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.06 % | 36.9 % | 37.4 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 8 Afghanistan 42 % compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 23.5 % compare
- 9 Central African Republic 38.9 % compare
- 10 Madagascar 38.4 % 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
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Mozambique?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Mozambique was 37 % 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 48.6 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.9 % in 2023.
- How does Mozambique rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Mozambique ranks 11th 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 Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.