Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Samoa
Samoa: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 2,300 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Samoa, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 2,300 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Samoa peaked at 2,300 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,200, in 2007.
That places Samoa 149th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,600 | — |
| 2001 | 1,500 | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,400 | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 1,300 | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 1,300 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,300 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,200 | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,300 | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 1,300 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,400 | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,400 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,500 | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1,600 | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,700 | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1,800 | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 1,900 | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 2,000 | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 2,100 | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 2,200 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 2,300 | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 2,300 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,300 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 2,300 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46,050, 5% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 2,300 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 47,600, 5% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,360 | 1,200 | 1,600 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,620 | 1,300 | 2,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,240 | 2,100 | 2,300 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 147 Montenegro 2,900 compare
- 148 Kiribati 2,400 compare
- 150 Cape Verde 1,900 compare
- 150 Lithuania 1,900 compare
- 152 Latvia 1,400 compare
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Samoa?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Samoa was 2,300 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,300 in 2022.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 in 2007.
- How does Samoa rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Samoa ranks 149th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.