Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Bahrain
Bahrain: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 4,400 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Bahrain, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 4,400 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Bahrain peaked at 7,600 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4,400, in 2023.
Bahrain ranks 138th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,860 | 6,400 | 7,600 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,840 | 5,200 | 6,200 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,560 | 4,400 | 4,900 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Bahrain
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.729 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.4928 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.2403 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6871 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.24 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 120.52 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Bahrain?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Bahrain was 4,400 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 7,600 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,400 in 2023.
- How does Bahrain rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Bahrain ranks 138th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.