Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Nauru
Nauru: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 16 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Nauru, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nauru recorded 16 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Nauru peaked at 24.6 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, 16 %, in 2021.
Nauru ranks 60th of 147 countries 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 Nauru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.8 % | — |
| 2001 | 24.2 % | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 24.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 24.5 % | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 24.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.6 % | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 24.3 % | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 24.1 % | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 23.6 % | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 23.1 % | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 22.3 % | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 21.5 % | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 20.9 % | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 20.3 % | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 19.7 % | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 19.4 % | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 18.8 % | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 18.2 % | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 17.6 % | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 17 % | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 16.3 % | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 16 % | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 16 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16 % | +0.0% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 16 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.5 %, 3.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 16 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14.7 %, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.11 % | 23.1 % | 24.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.57 % | 17 % | 22.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.06 % | 16 % | 16.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
More agriculture & rural data for Nauru
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 0 (2025)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1991)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4217 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Nauru?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Nauru was 16 % 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 24.6 % in 2005.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 % in 2021.
- How does Nauru rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Nauru ranks 60th 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 Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nauru 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.