Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female
Prevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.
Latest, 202144.9%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015−1.2 pp46.1%
High since 198760.1% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Low since 198744.9% of children under 52021 · World Bank
Recent years
- 202144.9% of children under 5−1.2 pp (better)
- 201546.1% of children under 5−5.5 pp (better)
- 200951.6% of children under 5−2.6 pp (better)
- 200254.2% of children under 5+3.2 pp (worse)
- 200051% of children under 5−0.5 pp (better)
- 199951.5% of children under 5−2.5 pp (better)
- 199554% of children under 5−6.1 pp (better)
- 198760.1% of children under 5
Related
- Projected population, national totalBanguat18,312,373people2026+1.3%vs 2025
- National povertyWorld Bank56%of population2023The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Child stuntingWorld Bank46%of children under 52021−0.7 ppvs 2015The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Life expectancyWorld Bank72.75years2024+0.2%vs 2023