Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Target Target 2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
2.2.1 Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age
Series:
Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted//under 5 years old (% of children aged 0-59 months)
| Area grouping | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Africa | 56,790,500 | 57,626,400 | 58,510,200 | 59,388,200 | 60,091,600 | 60,609,800 | 60,963,600 | 61,129,600 | 61,171,000 | 61,205,900 | 61,310,100 | 61,503,100 | 61,798,500 | 62,109,600 | 62,368,800 | 62,581,500 | 62,719,300 | 62,833,900 | 62,903,000 | 63,089,200 | ... |
| Eastern Africa | 23,787,100 | 24,106,500 | 24,422,300 | 24,704,300 | 24,882,600 | 24,951,900 | 24,926,300 | 24,812,400 | 24,640,800 | 24,468,500 | 24,348,500 | 24,277,700 | 24,265,700 | 24,310,700 | 24,393,100 | 24,471,600 | 24,531,500 | 24,585,300 | 24,612,400 | 24,659,900 | ... |
| West Africa | 17,519,400 | 17,952,600 | 18,376,600 | 18,783,700 | 19,108,200 | 19,344,500 | 19,505,800 | 19,595,000 | 19,658,900 | 19,727,900 | 19,801,000 | 19,887,500 | 19,990,000 | 20,084,200 | 20,140,500 | 20,174,200 | 20,178,900 | 20,215,500 | 20,253,800 | 20,353,000 | ... |
| Central Africa | 2,432,500 | 2,493,900 | 2,558,800 | 2,621,500 | 2,675,000 | 2,715,000 | 2,743,400 | 2,760,500 | 2,771,900 | 2,781,100 | 2,796,400 | 2,813,100 | 2,828,400 | 2,842,400 | 2,852,400 | 2,860,100 | 2,867,900 | 2,869,800 | 2,868,600 | 2,876,700 | ... |
| North Africa | 5,716,700 | 5,690,100 | 5,696,200 | 5,737,100 | 5,813,900 | 5,921,000 | 6,052,800 | 6,188,400 | 6,287,300 | 6,353,600 | 6,412,100 | 6,489,900 | 6,590,000 | 6,671,900 | 6,713,300 | 6,730,100 | 6,705,100 | 6,634,100 | 6,545,900 | 6,483,200 | ... |
| Southern Africa | 7,334,700 | 7,383,200 | 7,456,300 | 7,541,500 | 7,612,000 | 7,677,300 | 7,735,100 | 7,773,200 | 7,812,200 | 7,874,700 | 7,952,000 | 8,034,900 | 8,124,400 | 8,200,400 | 8,269,600 | 8,345,500 | 8,435,900 | 8,529,100 | 8,622,400 | 8,716,400 | ... |
| Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa | 27,523,100 | 27,865,600 | 28,216,600 | 28,558,000 | 28,821,600 | 29,002,200 | 29,114,100 | 29,135,500 | 29,049,600 | 28,914,200 | 28,812,200 | 28,762,800 | 28,778,300 | 28,826,200 | 28,887,700 | 28,948,300 | 28,984,500 | 28,991,600 | 28,978,100 | 29,023,800 | ... |
| Economic Community Of West African States | 17,519,400 | 17,952,600 | 18,376,600 | 18,783,700 | 19,108,200 | 19,344,500 | 19,505,800 | 19,595,000 | 19,658,900 | 19,727,900 | 19,801,000 | 19,887,500 | 19,990,000 | 20,084,200 | 20,140,500 | 20,174,200 | 20,178,900 | 20,215,500 | 20,253,800 | 20,353,000 | ... |
| East African Community | 13,945,900 | 14,245,500 | 14,546,100 | 14,827,800 | 15,049,400 | 15,201,800 | 15,297,600 | 15,336,100 | 15,332,000 | 15,316,500 | 15,328,200 | 15,359,500 | 15,415,900 | 15,504,100 | 15,610,600 | 15,697,500 | 15,755,900 | 15,804,900 | 15,840,400 | 15,901,900 | ... |
| Southern African Development Community | 16,552,800 | 16,785,700 | 17,058,600 | 17,352,800 | 17,611,900 | 17,837,400 | 18,038,800 | 18,200,600 | 18,348,600 | 18,512,400 | 18,710,900 | 18,939,800 | 19,202,400 | 19,487,900 | 19,790,400 | 20,082,100 | 20,342,000 | 20,582,900 | 20,792,200 | 21,002,500 | ... |
| Arab Maghreb Union | 1,636,600 | 1,592,200 | 1,563,200 | 1,541,700 | 1,525,000 | 1,511,500 | 1,502,000 | 1,495,100 | 1,489,000 | 1,489,200 | 1,495,700 | 1,503,600 | 1,513,400 | 1,515,600 | 1,507,200 | 1,497,700 | 1,481,000 | 1,454,200 | 1,421,100 | 1,387,000 | ... |
| Inter-Governmental Authority for Development | 14,878,800 | 14,976,300 | 15,051,200 | 15,092,800 | 15,071,100 | 14,986,400 | 14,838,100 | 14,633,000 | 14,388,200 | 14,152,800 | 13,946,700 | 13,771,900 | 13,643,300 | 13,546,700 | 13,468,800 | 13,407,000 | 13,365,400 | 13,324,600 | 13,270,100 | 13,227,600 | ... |
| Community of Sahel-Saharan States | 23,932,100 | 24,409,200 | 24,897,000 | 25,389,500 | 25,825,200 | 26,197,300 | 26,508,900 | 26,744,500 | 26,907,500 | 27,043,100 | 27,190,700 | 27,370,500 | 27,581,100 | 27,766,100 | 27,876,400 | 27,940,900 | 27,938,100 | 27,929,700 | 27,908,800 | 27,978,900 | ... |
| Economic Community of Central African States | 9,682,400 | 9,891,500 | 10,124,000 | 10,372,600 | 10,611,100 | 10,831,400 | 11,056,800 | 11,277,800 | 11,499,000 | 11,735,000 | 12,010,500 | 12,310,300 | 12,620,900 | 12,946,700 | 13,278,300 | 13,599,600 | 13,892,000 | 14,159,700 | 14,391,000 | 14,620,600 | ... |