Child stunting by country, 2019
Children under five whose height for their age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO growth standard median, a sign of chronic undernutrition. Data come from occasional surveys.
46 places ranked for 2019. Highest: Burundi (54.0%). Lowest: Belarus (1.1%). The median is 15.1%.
Highest 10
- 1. Burundi 54.0%
- 2. Niger 47.1%
- 3. Central African Republic 40.2%
- 4. Chad 37.8%
- 5. Ethiopia 36.8%
- 6. Malawi 34.0%
- 7. Nepal 31.5%
- 8. Liberia 29.8%
- 9. Sierra Leone 29.5%
- 10. Philippines 28.7%
Lowest 10
- 46. Belarus 1.1%
- 45. Finland 1.3%
- 44. United Kingdom 2.0%
- 43. Tonga 2.2%
- 42. North Macedonia 4.3%
- 41. Kuwait 4.6%
- 40. Serbia 5.4%
- 39. Tuvalu 5.7%
- 38. Dominican Republic 6.7%
- 37. Cuba 7.1%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 46. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 46 countries with a value for 2019, the highest is Burundi (54.0%) and the lowest Belarus (1.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 15.1% and half below.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 54.0% | 2019 | |
| 2 | Niger | 47.1% | 2019 | |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 40.2% | 2019 | |
| 4 | Chad | 37.8% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 36.8% | 2019 | |
| 6 | Malawi | 34.0% | 2019 | |
| 7 | Nepal | 31.5% | 2019 | |
| 8 | Liberia | 29.8% | 2019 | |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 29.5% | 2019 | |
| 10 | Philippines | 28.7% | 2019 | |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.1% | 2019 | |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 28.0% | 2019 | |
| 13 | Indonesia | 26.6% | 2019 | |
| 14 | Mali | 26.4% | 2019 | |
| 15 | Malaysia | 25.5% | 2019 | |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 23.8% | 2019 | |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 23.5% | 2019 | |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 22.4% | 2019 | |
| 19 | Djibouti | 20.9% | 2019 | |
| 20 | Mauritania | 19.4% | 2019 | |
| 21 | Honduras | 18.7% | 2019 | |
| 22 | Senegal | 17.9% | 2019 | |
| 23 | Panama | 15.9% | 2019 | |
| 24 | Morocco | 14.2% | 2019 | |
| 25 | Mexico | 14.1% | 2019 | |
| 26 | Thailand | 13.4% | 2019 | |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 13.2% | 2019 | |
| 28 | Peru | 13.1% | 2019 | |
| 29 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 11.7% | 2019 | |
| 30 | Algeria | 9.8% | 2019 | |
| 31 | Guyana | 9.5% | 2019 | |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 8.4% | 2019 | |
| 33 | Brazil | 8.0% | 2019 | |
| 34 | Jordan | 7.4% | 2019 | |
| 35 | Samoa | 7.3% | 2019 | |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 7.2% | 2019 | |
| 37 | Cuba | 7.1% | 2019 | |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 2019 | |
| 39 | Tuvalu | 5.7% | 2019 | |
| 40 | Serbia | 5.4% | 2019 | |
| 41 | Kuwait | 4.6% | 2019 | |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 4.3% | 2019 | |
| 43 | Tonga | 2.2% | 2019 | |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 2.0% | 2019 | |
| 45 | Finland | 1.3% | 2019 | |
| 46 | Belarus | 1.1% | 2019 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2019, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2019 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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