Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Armenia
Armenia: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 10,900 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Armenia, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 10,900 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 58.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Armenia peaked at 37,500 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10,900, in 2024.
Armenia ranks 125th of 162 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Armenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34,700 | — |
| 2001 | 34,500 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 34,100 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 34,600 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 35,500 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 36,400 | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 37,100 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 37,500 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 36,700 | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 35,400 | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 33,700 | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 31,900 | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 30,000 | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 28,300 | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 26,500 | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 24,600 | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 22,400 | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 20,100 | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 17,700 | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 15,600 | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 14,000 | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 12,700 | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 11,800 | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 11,300 | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 10,900 | -3.5% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 10,900 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46,050, 24% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 10,900 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,750, 79% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35,650 | 34,100 | 37,500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,080 | 15,600 | 33,700 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,140 | 10,900 | 14,000 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More reference data data for Armenia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3778 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.129 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1265 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Armenia?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Armenia was 10,900 in 2024, according to World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 37,500 in 2007.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,900 in 2024.
- How does Armenia rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Armenia ranks 125th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.