Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Venezuela
Venezuela: Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted was 243,700 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted in Venezuela, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded 243,700 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 0.4% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Venezuela peaked at 499,300 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 243,700, in 2024.
Venezuela ranks 65th 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 Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 499,300 | — |
| 2001 | 494,300 | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 494,200 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 498,700 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 498,800 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 490,500 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 474,300 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 451,400 | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 429,100 | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 408,000 | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 387,600 | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 367,700 | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 352,000 | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 338,300 | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 330,800 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 327,100 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 320,700 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 308,400 | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 293,400 | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 276,600 | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 262,900 | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 254,500 | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 251,900 | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 244,600 | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 243,700 | -0.4% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 243,700 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 281,700, 87% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 243,700 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46,400, 5.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 473,860 | 408,000 | 499,300 | 10 |
| 2010s | 330,260 | 276,600 | 387,600 | 10 |
| 2020s | 251,520 | 243,700 | 262,900 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More reference data data for Venezuela
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2667 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 384.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 1,190 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 14,168 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 31.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 51.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Venezuela?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are stunted in Venezuela was 243,700 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 499,300 in 2000.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are stunted recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 243,700 in 2024.
- How does Venezuela rank for malnutrition: number of children who are stunted?
- Venezuela ranks 65th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are stunted rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.