Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Kiribati
Kiribati: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 2,400 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Kiribati, 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 Kiribati is 2,400, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Kiribati peaked at 2,700 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,400, in 2005.
Kiribati ranks 148th of 162 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,700 | — |
| 2001 | 2,600 | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 2,600 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,500 | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,400 | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,500 | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,500 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,400 | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,400 | +0.0% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 2,400 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 1% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 2,400 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 47,600, 5% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,510 | 2,400 | 2,700 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,480 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 145 Brunei 3,100 compare
- 145 Sao Tome and Principe 3,100 compare
- 147 Montenegro 2,900 compare
- 149 Samoa 2,300 compare
- 150 Cape Verde 1,900 compare
- 150 Lithuania 1,900 compare
More reference data data for Kiribati
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0059 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 0.7542 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 5.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 13.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0136 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Kiribati?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Kiribati was 2,400 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 2,700 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,400 in 2005.
- How does Kiribati rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Kiribati ranks 148th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.