Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 55,900 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Dominican Republic stood at 55,900. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Dominican Republic peaked at 103,500 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 55,900, in 2024.
That places Dominican Republic 92nd 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 Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 103,500 | — |
| 2001 | 100,100 | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 97,400 | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 95,300 | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 93,300 | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 91,300 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 89,200 | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 87,400 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 86,300 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 85,700 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 85,000 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 84,000 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 83,000 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 81,800 | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 80,300 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 78,400 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 76,300 | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 73,600 | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 70,600 | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 67,300 | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 64,300 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 61,800 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 59,800 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 57,700 | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 55,900 | -3.1% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 55,900 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46,050, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 55,900 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46,400, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92,950 | 85,700 | 103,500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,030 | 67,300 | 85,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,900 | 55,900 | 64,300 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More reference data data for Dominican Republic
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9595 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3273 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Dominican Republic?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Dominican Republic was 55,900 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 103,500 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,900 in 2024.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Dominican Republic ranks 92nd out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.