Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Maldives
Maldives: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 4,200 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Maldives, 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 Maldives is 4,200, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Maldives peaked at 10,700 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4,200, in 2024.
That places Maldives 140th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 | 7,940 | 5,900 | 10,700 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,580 | 5,000 | 5,800 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,440 | 4,200 | 4,700 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Maldives?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Maldives was 4,200 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 10,700 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,200 in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Maldives ranks 140th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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.