Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in East Timor
East Timor: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 69,100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in East Timor, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 69,100 for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in East Timor peaked at 91,000 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 67,500, in 2000.
East Timor ranks 86th of 162 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 67,500 | — |
| 2001 | 74,400 | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 81,500 | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 85,700 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 86,900 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 88,400 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 90,200 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 91,000 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 90,500 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 88,600 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 86,300 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 84,300 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 82,700 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 81,100 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 79,400 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 77,900 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 76,700 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 76,000 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 75,900 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 75,800 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 75,700 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 75,100 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 73,600 | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 70,900 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 69,100 | -2.5% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 69,100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 25% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 69,100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 47,600, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84,470 | 67,500 | 91,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,610 | 75,800 | 86,300 | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,880 | 69,100 | 75,700 | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More reference data data for East Timor
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 171.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 41.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 75.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 112.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 17.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4255 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9426 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in East Timor?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in East Timor was 69,100 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 91,000 in 2007.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,500 in 2000.
- How does East Timor rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- East Timor ranks 86th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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.