Child stunting
Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children 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, 202146%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015−0.7 pp46.7%
High since 198762.2% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Low since 198746% of children under 52021 · World Bank
Recent years
- 202146% of children under 5−0.7 pp (better)
- 201546.7% of children under 5−4.8 pp (better)
- 200951.5% of children under 5−3.3 pp (better)
- 200254.8% of children under 5+3.8 pp (worse)
- 200051% of children under 5−2.1 pp (better)
- 199953.1% of children under 5−2.3 pp (better)
- 199555.4% of children under 5−6.8 pp (better)
- 198762.2% 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
- Life expectancyWorld Bank72.75years2024+0.2%vs 2023
- Gender Development Index Time Consistent, indexIMF0.94index2013No changevs 2012The latest figure is older than its frequency allows