Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 300 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Saint Lucia, 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 Saint Lucia stood at 300. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Saint Lucia peaked at 500 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 300, in 2006.
Saint Lucia ranks 158th of 162 countries on this measure, 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 Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 500 | — |
| 2001 | 500 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 500 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 400 | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 400 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 400 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 300 | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 300 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 300 | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 300 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46,050, 1% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 300 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46,400, 1% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 390 | 300 | 500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 300 | 300 | 300 | 10 |
| 2020s | 300 | 300 | 300 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More reference data data for Saint Lucia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0062 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0081 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1979)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0208 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0131 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0745 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1979)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Saint Lucia?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Saint Lucia was 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 500 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 in 2006.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Saint Lucia ranks 158th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.