Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Namibia
Namibia: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 66,600 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Namibia, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 66,600 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Namibia peaked at 79,100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 66,600, in 2024.
Namibia ranks 87th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76,570 | 74,300 | 79,100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,000 | 67,100 | 74,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,600 | 66,600 | 68,600 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Namibia?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Namibia was 66,600 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 79,100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,600 in 2024.
- How does Namibia rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Namibia ranks 87th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.