Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 29.8 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Solomon Islands, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 29.8 % for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Solomon Islands peaked at 33.3 % in 2007 and was at its lowest, 28.9 %, in 2020.
That places Solomon Islands 25th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 31.3 % | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 31.7 % | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 32.1 % | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 32.5 % | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 32.9 % | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 33.2 % | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 33.3 % | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 33.2 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 33 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 32.7 % | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 32.3 % | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 31.9 % | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 31.5 % | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 31.2 % | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 30.9 % | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 30.5 % | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 30.1 % | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 29.6 % | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 29.2 % | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 28.9 % | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 28.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 29.2 % | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 29.5 % | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 29.8 % | +1.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 29.8 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.2 %, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 29.8 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14.7 %, 2.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.43 % | 31.1 % | 33.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.99 % | 29.2 % | 32.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.26 % | 28.9 % | 29.8 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 22 Vanuatu 31 % compare
- 23 Marshall Islands 30 % compare
- 23 South Sudan 30 % compare
- 23 Caribbean 12.2 % compare
- 25 Rwanda 29.8 % compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 5.3 % compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 28.3 % compare
- 28 Philippines 27.7 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Solomon Islands?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Solomon Islands was 29.8 % 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 33.3 % in 2007.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9 % in 2020.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Solomon Islands ranks 25th 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 Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.