Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 939,900 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Cote d'Ivoire, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cote d'Ivoire is 939,900, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 1.19 million in 2007 and was at its lowest, 939,900, in 2024.
That places Cote d'Ivoire 32nd out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 1.14 million | 1.04 million | 1.19 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million | 1.03 million | 1.16 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 954,020 | 939,900 | 985,900 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Cote d'Ivoire was 939,900 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 million in 2007.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 939,900 in 2024.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 32nd out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.