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.
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
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1251 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.2407 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2414 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies -0.2553 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4124 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 149.24 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
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.