Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Oceania
Oceania: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 20.8 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Oceania, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Oceania is 20.8 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Oceania peaked at 20.8 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.2 %, in 2000.
Oceania ranks 15th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Oceania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 14.8 % | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 15.5 % | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 16.2 % | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 17 % | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 17.7 % | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 18.4 % | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 18.8 % | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 19.1 % | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 19.4 % | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 19.5 % | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 19.7 % | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 19.8 % | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 19.9 % | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 20 % | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 20 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.9 % | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 19.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19.8 % | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 19.9 % | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 20.1 % | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 20.4 % | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 20.5 % | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 20.8 % | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.11 % | 14.2 % | 19.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.85 % | 19.5 % | 20 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.34 % | 19.9 % | 20.8 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 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
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.7 % compare
- 15 Nigeria 33.8 % compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 20.3 % compare
- 16 Pakistan 33.6 % compare
- 16 Polynesia 7 % compare
- 17 Benin 33.2 % compare
- 17 Malawi 33.2 % compare
- 17 Türkiye 5.5 % compare
- 18 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.8 % compare
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- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate -0.8332 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 11.04 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Oceania?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Oceania was 20.8 % 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 Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 20.8 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2 % in 2000.
- How does Oceania rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Oceania ranks 15th 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 Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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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