Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) was 19.2 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Viet Nam, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Viet Nam stood at 19.2 %. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Viet Nam peaked at 41.1 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 19.2 %, in 2024.
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 Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 39.4 % | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 37.8 % | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 36.3 % | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 34.8 % | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 33.4 % | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 32.1 % | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 30.8 % | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 29.6 % | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 28.5 % | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 27.4 % | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 26.4 % | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 25.5 % | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 24.6 % | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 24.3 % | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 23.5 % | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 22.8 % | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 22.1 % | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 21.5 % | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 20.7 % | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 20.3 % | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 20 % | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 19.9 % | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 19.7 % | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 19.2 % | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.38 % | 28.5 % | 41.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.88 % | 20.7 % | 27.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.82 % | 19.2 % | 20.3 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Viet Nam?
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) in Viet Nam was 19.2 % 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 Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 41.1 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2 % in 2024.
- How does Viet Nam rank for percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled)?
- Viet Nam ranks 11th 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 Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.