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Stunting, % of children under 5: ranking of countries
154 countries ranked by their latest value (2009–2024). Burundi is highest at 52.8%; Latvia is lowest at 0.5%.
Median country 14.3%154 countries
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| # | Country | Region | Child stunting | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.8% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.5% | 2010 | |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 49.5% | 2010 | |
| 4 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 48.5% | 2022 | |
| 5 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.7% | 2022 | |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 46.7% | 2020 | |
| 7 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 46.0% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.7% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 44.6% | 2022 | |
| 10 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.8% | 2021 | |
| 11 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.2% | 2014 | |
| 12 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.9% | 2022 | |
| 13 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.6% | 2015 | |
| 14 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 37.6% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.8% | 2019 | |
| 16 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.7% | 2022 | |
| 17 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.6% | 2024 | |
| 18 | India | South Asia | 35.5% | 2020 | |
| 19 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.5% | 2020 | |
| 20 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 34.8% | 2017 | |
| 21 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.6% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.1% | 2021 | |
| 23 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.8% | 2021 | |
| 24 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.1% | 2020 | |
| 25 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 32.8% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.9% | 2022 | |
| 27 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 31.7% | 2015 | |
| 28 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.3% | 2010 | |
| 29 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.0% | 2022 | |
| 30 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.8% | 2019 | |
| 31 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.9% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 28.9% | 2013 | |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.1% | 2019 | |
| 34 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 27.9% | 2010 | |
| 35 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 26.7% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 26.7% | 2021 | |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.3% | 2021 | |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.2% | 2011 | |
| 39 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.1% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.9% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.5% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.3% | 2009 | |
| 43 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.1% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.1% | 2022 | |
| 45 | Nepal | South Asia | 24.8% | 2022 | |
| 46 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.4% | 2022 | |
| 47 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.8% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 23.6% | 2022 | |
| 49 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.4% | 2021 | |
| 50 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.7% | 2013 | |
| 51 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.0% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 22.0% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.9% | 2021 | |
| 54 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.3% | 2017 | |
| 55 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.2% | 2022 | |
| 56 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.2% | 2014 | |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.1% | 2021 | |
| 58 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.0% | 2021 | |
| 59 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 19.6% | 2009 | |
| 60 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 19.1% | 2017 | |
| 61 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.7% | 2019 | |
| 62 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.2% | 2022 | |
| 63 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 18.2% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Bhutan | South Asia | 17.9% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.6% | 2022 | |
| 66 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.5% | 2023 | |
| 67 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.5% | 2020 | |
| 68 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.4% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.4% | 2022 | |
| 70 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.3% | 2012 | |
| 71 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.1% | 2016 | |
| 72 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.9% | 2019 | |
| 73 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 15.7% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Maldives | South Asia | 15.3% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 15.2% | 2018 | |
| 76 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.0% | 2015 | |
| 77 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.4% | 2020 | |
| 78 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.2% | 2019 | |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 13.9% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 13.7% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.4% | 2009 | |
| 83 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.8% | 2021 | |
| 84 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.7% | 2016 | |
| 85 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.6% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.5% | 2022 | |
| 87 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 12.4% | 2022 | |
| 88 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.7% | 2019 | |
| 89 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11.4% | 2017 | |
| 91 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 11.3% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.8% | 2020 | |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 10.5% | 2024 | |
| 94 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.0% | 2021 | |
| 95 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.8% | 2019 | |
| 96 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.5% | 2019 | |
| 97 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.4% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.2% | 2011 | |
| 99 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.0% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 8.9% | 2012 | |
| 101 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.7% | 2018 | |
| 103 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.7% | 2020 | |
| 104 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.4% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.3% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.2% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.0% | 2019 | |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 8.0% | 2015 | |
| 109 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.9% | 2022 | |
| 110 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.9% | 2012 | |
| 111 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.7% | 2012 | |
| 112 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 7.3% | 2019 | |
| 113 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 7.2% | 2021 | |
| 114 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 7.2% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 7.2% | 2019 | |
| 116 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.1% | 2019 | |
| 117 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 7.1% | 2010 | |
| 118 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 7.0% | 2014 | |
| 119 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.9% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.7% | 2019 | |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 6.5% | 2021 | |
| 123 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 6.4% | 2012 | |
| 124 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.0% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 6.0% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.8% | 2018 | |
| 128 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 5.7% | 2019 | |
| 129 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.6% | 2016 | |
| 130 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.4% | 2019 | |
| 131 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 4.8% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.8% | 2017 | |
| 133 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% | 2018 | |
| 134 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% | 2020 | |
| 135 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.3% | 2019 | |
| 136 | United States | North America | 3.8% | 2022 | |
| 137 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.3% | 2022 | |
| 138 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| 139 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 3.2% | 2016 | |
| 140 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.5% | 2012 | |
| 142 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 2.2% | 2011 | |
| 143 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 2.2% | 2019 | |
| 144 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 2.0% | 2019 | |
| 145 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.8% | 2014 | |
| 147 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 1.5% | 2009 | |
| 148 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 1.3% | 2016 | |
| 149 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 1.2% | 2023 | |
| 150 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 1.2% | 2014 | |
| 151 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| 152 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2018 | |
| 153 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 0.9% | 2020 | |
| 154 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% | 2021 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)