Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Suriname
Suriname: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 4,200 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Suriname, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 4,200 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Suriname peaked at 7,500 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4,200, in 2023.
Suriname ranks 140th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,410 | 5,200 | 7,500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,630 | 4,400 | 5,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,260 | 4,200 | 4,300 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Suriname?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Suriname was 4,200 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 7,500 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,200 in 2023.
- How does Suriname rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Suriname ranks 140th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.