Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Seychelles
Seychelles: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 600 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Seychelles, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Seychelles is 600, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Seychelles peaked at 800 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 500, in 2021.
That places Seychelles 157th 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 Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 800 | — |
| 2001 | 800 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 700 | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 700 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 700 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 700 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 600 | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 500 | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 600 | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 600 | +0.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 600 is below the median for high income countries, which is 11,800, 5% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 600 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 577,800, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 680 | 600 | 800 | 10 |
| 2010s | 600 | 600 | 600 | 10 |
| 2020s | 580 | 500 | 600 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More reference data data for Seychelles
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0024 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0075 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0247 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0348 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 2.17 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Seychelles?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Seychelles was 600 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 800 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 in 2021.
- How does Seychelles rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Seychelles ranks 157th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.