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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, 202447.2%Annual release
vs 2023+0.4 pp46.8%
High since 200055.6%2001 · World Bank
Low since 200046.5%2021 · World Bank

Over time

2014 - 2024

Recent years

  1. 202447.2%+0.4 pp (worse)
  2. 202346.8%+0.1 pp (worse)
  3. 202246.7%+0.2 pp (worse)
  4. 202146.5%−0.2 pp (better)
  5. 202046.7%−0.7 pp (better)
  6. 201947.4%−0.6 pp (better)
  7. 201848%−0.5 pp (better)
  8. 201748.5%−0.5 pp (better)
Full table
PeriodValue
202447.2%
202346.8%
202246.7%
202146.5%
202046.7%
201947.4%
201848%
201748.5%
201649%
201549.3%
201449.4%
201349.8%
201250.3%
201150.9%
201051.7%
200952.4%
200853.2%
200753.9%
200654.4%
200554.7%
200454.9%
200355.3%
200255.5%
200155.6%
200055.4%