Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Chad
Chad: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 1.16 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Chad, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Chad recorded 1.16 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 4.4% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Chad peaked at 1.16 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 740,100, in 2000.
That places Chad 27th 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 Chad, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 740,100 | — |
| 2001 | 766,000 | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 790,600 | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 814,800 | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 838,900 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 865,300 | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 891,900 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 916,100 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 938,000 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 956,400 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 968,500 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 979,200 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 990,400 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.00 million | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.02 million | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.03 million | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.03 million | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.04 million | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.08 million | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1.11 million | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.16 million | +4.4% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1.16 million is above the median for low income countries, which is 986,900, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1.16 million is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 577,800, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 851,810 | 740,100 | 956,400 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million | 968,500 | 1.04 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million | 1.04 million | 1.16 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More reference data data for Chad
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3078 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5525 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 61.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9785 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Chad?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Chad was 1.16 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 740,100 in 2000.
- How does Chad rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Chad ranks 27th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad 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.