Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Comoros
Comoros: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 20,000 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Comoros, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 20,000 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Comoros peaked at 40,500 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 20,000, in 2024.
That places Comoros 111th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Comoros, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39,200 | — |
| 2001 | 40,000 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 40,500 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 40,200 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 39,200 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 38,200 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 37,300 | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 36,500 | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 35,700 | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 35,100 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 34,200 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 33,300 | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 32,400 | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 31,400 | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 30,300 | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 29,000 | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 27,500 | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 26,000 | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 24,600 | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 23,200 | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 22,100 | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 21,200 | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 20,700 | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 20,300 | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 20,000 | -1.5% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 20,000 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 7% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 20,000 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 577,800, 3% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38,190 | 35,100 | 40,500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,190 | 23,200 | 34,200 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,860 | 20,000 | 22,100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More reference data data for Comoros
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0039 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0026 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1837 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2155 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0211 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Comoros?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Comoros was 20,000 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 40,500 in 2002.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 in 2024.
- How does Comoros rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Comoros ranks 111th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.