Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Tanzania
Tanzania: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 3.30 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Tanzania, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 3.30 million for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Tanzania peaked at 3.30 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.85 million, in 2000.
That places Tanzania 8th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.03 million | 2.85 million | 3.15 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.08 million | 3.04 million | 3.13 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.21 million | 3.14 million | 3.30 million | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Tanzania?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Tanzania was 3.30 million 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 3.30 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.85 million in 2000.
- How does Tanzania rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Tanzania ranks 8th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.