Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Honduras
Honduras: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 204,400 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Honduras, 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 Honduras is 204,400, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Honduras peaked at 379,700 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 204,400, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 71st of 162 countries on this measure, 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 379,700 | — |
| 2001 | 375,600 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 369,400 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 360,200 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 349,000 | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 336,500 | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 322,400 | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 307,000 | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 291,100 | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 275,400 | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 259,900 | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 245,900 | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 235,100 | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 228,300 | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 224,300 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 222,000 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 219,600 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 216,400 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 212,700 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 208,900 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 206,000 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 204,600 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 205,200 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 204,600 | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 204,400 | -0.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 204,400 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 73% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 204,400 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46,400, 4.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 336,630 | 275,400 | 379,700 | 10 |
| 2010s | 227,310 | 208,900 | 259,900 | 10 |
| 2020s | 204,960 | 204,400 | 206,000 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More reference data data for Honduras
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3649 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.7924 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0527 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4642 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.287 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Honduras?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Honduras was 204,400 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 379,700 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 204,400 in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Honduras ranks 71st out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras 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.