Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 31 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 31 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Vanuatu peaked at 31 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24 %, in 2000.
Vanuatu ranks 22nd of 147 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24 % | — |
| 2001 | 24.1 % | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 24.4 % | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 24.7 % | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 25.1 % | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 25.5 % | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 25.9 % | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 26.2 % | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 26.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 26.5 % | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 26.6 % | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 26.7 % | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 26.9 % | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 27.2 % | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 27.6 % | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 28 % | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 28.3 % | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 28.5 % | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 28.7 % | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 28.8 % | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 29.1 % | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 29.5 % | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 30.1 % | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 30.6 % | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 31 % | +1.3% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 31 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.2 %, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 31 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14.7 %, 2.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.28 % | 24 % | 26.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.73 % | 26.6 % | 28.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.06 % | 29.1 % | 31 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 19 India 32.9 % compare
- 19 Republic of Moldova 4.2 % compare
- 20 Zambia 32.3 % compare
- 21 Chad 31.5 % compare
- 23 Marshall Islands 30 % compare
- 23 South Sudan 30 % compare
- 23 Caribbean 12.2 % compare
- 25 Rwanda 29.8 % compare
- 25 Solomon Islands 29.8 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Vanuatu?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Vanuatu was 31 % 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 31 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 % in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Vanuatu ranks 22nd 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 Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.