Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 586,900 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Papua New Guinea stood at 586,900. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Papua New Guinea peaked at 586,900 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 308,500, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 162 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 399,400 | 308,500 | 486,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 537,750 | 498,900 | 558,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 573,080 | 560,400 | 586,900 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1159 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.0178 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.504 °C (2026)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Consumer price index 193.24 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.257 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6022 °C (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 3 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Papua New Guinea?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Papua New Guinea was 586,900 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 586,900 in 2024.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 308,500 in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 41st out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.