Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Nauru
Nauru: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 200 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Nauru, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Nauru recorded 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 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Nauru peaked at 300 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 200, in 2020.
That places Nauru 159th 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 Nauru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 300 | — |
| 2001 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 200 | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 200 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 200 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 200 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 200 | +0.0% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 200 is below the median for high income countries, which is 11,800, 2% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 200 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 47,600, 0% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 300 | 300 | 300 | 10 |
| 2010s | 300 | 300 | 300 | 10 |
| 2020s | 200 | 200 | 200 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 157 Seychelles 600 compare
- 158 Saint Lucia 300 compare
- 159 Tonga 200 compare
- 161 Turks and Caicos Islands 100 compare
- 161 Tuvalu 100 compare
More reference data data for Nauru
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3993 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 0.0018 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 0.1729 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 0.2246 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2246 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 0.1454 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 2.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 2.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0009 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Nauru?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Nauru was 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 300 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 in 2020.
- How does Nauru rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Nauru ranks 159th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nauru 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.