Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in El Salvador
El Salvador: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 46,400 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 46,400, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in El Salvador peaked at 214,800 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 46,400, in 2024.
That places El Salvador 98th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 159,660 | 109,000 | 214,800 | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,500 | 56,400 | 101,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,440 | 46,400 | 53,000 | 5 |
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More reference data data for El Salvador
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.9422 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.37 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2746 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.03 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.22 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 129.31 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in El Salvador?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in El Salvador was 46,400 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 214,800 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,400 in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- El Salvador ranks 98th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.