Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 1,200 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Marshall Islands, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 1,200 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Marshall Islands peaked at 3,300 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,200, in 2024.
That places Marshall Islands 153rd 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.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,200 | — |
| 2001 | 3,300 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 3,300 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,200 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 3,100 | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 3,100 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,900 | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 2,700 | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 2,500 | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 2,300 | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 2,100 | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 1,900 | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 1,800 | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 1,600 | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 1,500 | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 1,400 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 1,400 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,300 | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 1,300 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,200 | -7.7% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 1,200 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46,050, 3% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 1,200 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 47,600, 3% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,120 | 3,000 | 3,300 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,230 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,320 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
More reference data data for Marshall Islands
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2024)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 1 (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Marshall Islands?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Marshall Islands was 1,200 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 3,300 in 2001.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 in 2024.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Marshall Islands ranks 153rd out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.