Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male
Prevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys 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, 202147.1%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015−0.2 pp47.3%
High since 198764.3% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Low since 198747.1% of children under 52021 · World Bank
Recent years
- 202147.1% of children under 5−0.2 pp (better)
- 201547.3% of children under 5−4.2 pp (better)
- 200951.5% of children under 5−3.8 pp (better)
- 200255.3% of children under 5+4.2 pp (worse)
- 200051.1% of children under 5−3.5 pp (better)
- 199954.6% of children under 5−2.2 pp (better)
- 199556.8% of children under 5−7.5 pp (better)
- 198764.3% 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