Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted by country
The number of children younger than five who are stunted – significantly shorter than the average for their age, as a consequence of poor nutrition or repeated infection.
Countries reporting
160
Highest
37.40 million
India
Lowest
100
Tuvalu
Median
90,250
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,050
What the numbers show
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 37.40 million in India; the lowest is 100 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 90,250, and the mean is 932,489.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 81.8%), and the largest decrease in Tonga (down 75.0%).
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 37.40 million | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 11.44 million | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 10.74 million | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.72 million | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 6.89 million | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 5.03 million | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 4.19 million | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 3.30 million | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 9 | Yemen | 3.05 million | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 3.03 million | 2024 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 2.85 million | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 2.70 million | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 2.54 million | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 14 | China | 2.35 million | 2024 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Niger | 2.31 million | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 16 | Mozambique | 2.14 million | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 1.90 million | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 18 | Madagascar | 1.79 million | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 19 | Egypt | 1.52 million | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 20 | South Africa | 1.44 million | 2024 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 21 | Vietnam | 1.35 million | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 1.34 million | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 23 | Kenya | 1.27 million | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 1.21 million | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 25 | Burundi | 1.21 million | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 26 | Brazil | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 27 | Chad | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 1.08 million | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 1.04 million | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 30 | Zambia | 1.04 million | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 31 | Mali | 986,900 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 939,900 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 33 | Somalia | 835,000 | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 34 | Guatemala | 828,500 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 35 | United States | 780,800 | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 36 | Benin | 731,100 | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 719,300 | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 661,900 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 656,600 | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea | 591,300 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 586,900 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 42 | Syria | 577,000 | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 43 | Rwanda | 564,300 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 553,200 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 45 | Malaysia | 540,700 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 528,200 | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 47 | South Sudan | 462,600 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 430,600 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 49 | Senegal | 428,300 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 50 | Algeria | 414,100 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 51 | Colombia | 410,900 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 395,500 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 53 | Central African Republic | 385,300 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 54 | Thailand | 374,000 | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 55 | Togo | 311,600 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 56 | Turkey | 304,500 | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 298,200 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 295,600 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 295,100 | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 60 | Iran | 290,400 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 61 | Peru | 285,200 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 62 | North Korea | 283,200 | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 63 | Argentina | 278,300 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Haiti | 265,200 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 65 | Venezuela | 243,700 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 66 | Ecuador | 243,500 | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 67 | Laos | 236,300 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 68 | Eritrea | 224,400 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 69 | Liberia | 210,100 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 70 | Japan | 207,500 | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 71 | Honduras | 204,400 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 175,000 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 174,400 | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 163,600 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 75 | Ukraine | 147,100 | 2024 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 76 | Congo | 146,000 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 77 | Bolivia | 134,400 | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 78 | United Kingdom | 124,400 | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 93,700 | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 80 | Lesotho | 92,100 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 88,400 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 85,200 | 2024 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 85,000 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 84,800 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 85 | Tunisia | 76,900 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 86 | East Timor | 69,100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 87 | Namibia | 66,600 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 88 | Romania | 64,900 | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 62,400 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 90 | Libya | 57,800 | 2024 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 91 | Palestine | 57,200 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 55,900 | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 93 | Oman | 55,100 | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 94 | Gambia | 54,300 | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 51,200 | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 96 | Panama | 49,800 | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 97 | Australia | 47,600 | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 46,400 | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 99 | Gabon | 45,700 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 99 | Lebanon | 45,700 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 44,700 | 2024 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 43,800 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 103 | Cuba | 35,700 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 31,200 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 28,800 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 106 | Eswatini | 26,700 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 107 | Mongolia | 24,100 | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 108 | Djibouti | 24,000 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 109 | South Korea | 23,500 | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 110 | Paraguay | 21,600 | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Comoros | 20,000 | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 112 | Poland | 17,200 | 2024 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 17,000 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 114 | Chile | 16,000 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 115 | Belgium | 14,800 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 116 | Netherlands | 14,600 | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 117 | Serbia | 14,100 | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 13,700 | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 119 | Portugal | 13,400 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 120 | Czechia | 12,400 | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 121 | Kuwait | 11,800 | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 122 | Jamaica | 11,200 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 123 | Uruguay | 11,100 | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 124 | Georgia | 11,000 | 2024 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 125 | Armenia | 10,900 | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 126 | Albania | 10,500 | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,000 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bhutan | 8,700 | 2024 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 129 | Qatar | 8,500 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 130 | Greece | 7,400 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 131 | Moldova | 7,100 | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 132 | Singapore | 6,500 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,400 | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 135 | Fiji | 5,900 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 136 | Guyana | 5,800 | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritius | 4,700 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 138 | Bahrain | 4,400 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 139 | Belarus | 4,300 | 2024 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 140 | Maldives | 4,200 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 140 | Suriname | 4,200 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 4,100 | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 4,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 3,400 | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 145 | Brunei | 3,100 | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,100 | 2024 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 147 | Montenegro | 2,900 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 148 | Kiribati | 2,400 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 149 | Samoa | 2,300 | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 1,900 | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 150 | Lithuania | 1,900 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 152 | Latvia | 1,400 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 1,200 | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 154 | Barbados | 900 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 155 | Estonia | 800 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 600 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 300 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Nauru | 200 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 159 | Tonga | 200 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Tuvalu | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
About this data
The number of children younger than five who are stunted – significantly shorter than the average for their age, as a consequence of poor nutrition or repeated infection.