Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Portugal
Portugal: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 13,400 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Portugal, 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 Portugal stood at 13,400. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Portugal peaked at 26,700 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 13,400, in 2022.
Portugal ranks 119th 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 | 25,200 | 21,800 | 26,700 | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,590 | 13,900 | 20,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,480 | 13,400 | 13,700 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Portugal?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Portugal was 13,400 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 26,700 in 2003.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,400 in 2022.
- How does Portugal rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Portugal ranks 119th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.