Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Belize
Belize: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 4,100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Belize, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belize recorded 4,100 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 2.4% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Belize peaked at 8,600 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,100, in 2024.
That places Belize 142nd out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 8,270 | 7,600 | 8,600 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,920 | 5,000 | 7,200 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,360 | 4,100 | 4,700 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Belize?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Belize was 4,100 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 8,600 in 2003.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,100 in 2024.
- How does Belize rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Belize ranks 142nd out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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.