Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 45.4 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Timor-Leste, 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 Timor-Leste is 45.4 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Timor-Leste peaked at 57 % in 2006 and was at its lowest, 45.2 %, in 2023.
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 Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55 % | — |
| 2001 | 55.4 % | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 55.8 % | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 56.2 % | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 56.5 % | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 56.8 % | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 57 % | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 56.8 % | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 56.3 % | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 55.6 % | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 54.7 % | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 53.7 % | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 52.7 % | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 51.8 % | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 50.9 % | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 50 % | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 49.1 % | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 48.1 % | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 47.3 % | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 46.4 % | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 45.8 % | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 45.5 % | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 45.4 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 45.2 % | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 45.4 % | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.14 % | 55 % | 57 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.47 % | 46.4 % | 54.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.46 % | 45.2 % | 45.8 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Timor-Leste?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Timor-Leste was 45.4 % 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 57 % in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.2 % in 2023.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Timor-Leste ranks 1st 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 Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.