Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Cameroon
Cameroon: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 1.21 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 1.21 million for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cameroon peaked at 1.21 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 953,200, in 2000.
That places Cameroon 24th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 953,200 | — |
| 2001 | 981,000 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 1.01 million | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 1.06 million | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.11 million | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 1.12 million | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.13 million | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.14 million | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.14 million | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.14 million | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.14 million | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.15 million | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.15 million | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.15 million | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.16 million | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.16 million | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.16 million | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.16 million | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.17 million | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.18 million | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.19 million | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.21 million | +1.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1.21 million is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 4.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1.21 million is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 577,800, 2.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.06 million | 953,200 | 1.14 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 million | 1.14 million | 1.16 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million | 1.16 million | 1.21 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cameroon?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cameroon was 1.21 million 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 953,200 in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Cameroon ranks 24th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.