Regional grouping :
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)
| Country/Area grouping | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | 19.8 | 18.9 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | ... |
| Angola | 38.0 | 35.7 | 33.9 | 32.5 | 31.6 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 32.8 | 34.1 | 35.6 | 37.2 | 38.7 | 40.2 | 41.4 | 42.4 | 43.1 | 43.6 | ... |
| Botswana | 29.7 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 28.3 | 27.8 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 21.6 | ... |
| Burundi | 61.5 | 61.0 | 60.6 | 60.2 | 59.7 | 59.1 | 58.4 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 55.9 | 55.9 | 55.9 | 56.0 | 56.1 | 56.2 | 56.3 | 56.4 | 56.5 | ... |
| Cameroon | 37.5 | 37.3 | 37.0 | 36.6 | 36.1 | 35.4 | 34.6 | 33.7 | 32.9 | 32.1 | 31.5 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 26.9 | ... |
| Cabo Verde | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | ... |
| Central African Republic | 43.5 | 43.5 | 43.6 | 43.5 | 43.3 | 42.8 | 42.3 | 41.7 | 41.1 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.8 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 40.8 | 40.5 | 40.3 | 40.0 | 39.8 | ... |
| Chad | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 42.5 | 42.3 | 41.9 | 41.3 | 40.5 | 39.7 | 38.9 | 38.2 | 37.6 | 36.9 | 36.3 | 35.7 | 35.0 | 34.4 | 33.6 | 32.9 | 32.3 | ... |
| Comoros | 43.0 | 42.5 | 41.8 | 40.9 | 40.0 | 38.7 | 37.2 | 35.5 | 33.7 | 31.9 | 30.2 | 28.6 | 27.2 | 25.8 | 24.4 | 23.0 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 18.8 | ... |
| Congo | 32.6 | 31.8 | 30.9 | 30.0 | 29.2 | 28.0 | 26.8 | 25.5 | 24.2 | 23.1 | 22.2 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 16.5 | ... |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.0 | 45.9 | 45.7 | 45.5 | 45.2 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 43.2 | 42.7 | 42.3 | 42.0 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 41.7 | 41.6 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 40.3 | ... |
| Benin | 35.4 | 35.7 | 36.1 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 36.2 | 35.8 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 32.5 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 30.9 | 30.4 | ... |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36.2 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 33.6 | 32.5 | 31.2 | 29.7 | 28.1 | 26.6 | 25.0 | 23.7 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 16.1 | ... |
| Ethiopia | 53.6 | 52.5 | 51.3 | 50.2 | 48.9 | 47.6 | 46.1 | 44.7 | 43.3 | 42.1 | 41.1 | 40.3 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 38.1 | 37.4 | 36.6 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 34.4 | ... |
| Eritrea | 44.8 | 45.7 | 46.8 | 48.0 | 49.0 | 50.0 | 50.7 | 51.2 | 51.4 | 51.6 | 51.9 | 52.0 | 52.2 | 52.3 | 52.4 | 52.1 | 51.8 | 51.3 | 50.8 | 50.2 | ... |
| Djibouti | 35.4 | 35.7 | 35.8 | 35.7 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 30.9 | 29.6 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 26.1 | 24.9 | 23.7 | 22.6 | 21.5 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 18.7 | ... |
| Gabon | 24.4 | 23.9 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.4 | ... |
| Gambia, the | 27.4 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 25.9 | 25.1 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 13.6 | ... |
| Ghana | 31.5 | 31.0 | 30.4 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 27.6 | 26.3 | 24.9 | 23.4 | 22.0 | 20.7 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.7 | ... |
| Guinea | 34.6 | 35.1 | 35.5 | 35.9 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 33.2 | 32.7 | 32.2 | 31.7 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 28.5 | 27.9 | ... |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 33.2 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 33.6 | 33.4 | 33.0 | 32.3 | 31.4 | 30.5 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 23.8 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 20.9 | 20.2 | ... |
| Kenya | 38.1 | 37.7 | 37.3 | 36.7 | 35.8 | 34.6 | 33.3 | 31.7 | 30.1 | 28.6 | 27.2 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 18.4 | ... |
| Lesotho | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 40.5 | 39.6 | 38.6 | 37.5 | 36.5 | 35.5 | 34.6 | 33.9 | 33.4 | 32.9 | 32.6 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 31.8 | ... |
| Liberia | 42.4 | 41.9 | 41.3 | 40.7 | 40.0 | 39.1 | 38.0 | 37.0 | 36.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 33.1 | 32.6 | 31.8 | 31.0 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 28.0 | 27.2 | 26.6 | ... |
| Libya | 19.7 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 26.3 | 27.9 | 30.0 | 32.2 | 34.7 | 37.7 | 40.7 | 43.1 | 45.6 | 47.9 | 49.6 | 51.0 | 52.2 | ... |
| Madagascar | 54.1 | 53.6 | 53.1 | 52.5 | 51.8 | 50.9 | 50.1 | 49.2 | 48.2 | 47.3 | 46.5 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 44.2 | 43.4 | 42.4 | 41.4 | 40.4 | 39.4 | 38.6 | ... |
| Malawi | 54.7 | 54.1 | 53.4 | 52.6 | 51.5 | 50.2 | 48.7 | 47.0 | 45.3 | 43.6 | 42.1 | 40.7 | 39.4 | 38.4 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 36.1 | 35.3 | 34.6 | 34.0 | ... |
| Mali | 38.1 | 37.6 | 37.0 | 36.4 | 35.7 | 34.8 | 33.8 | 32.7 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 29.9 | 29.3 | 28.6 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 26.4 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 23.8 | ... |
| Mauritania | 34.7 | 33.3 | 32.1 | 30.9 | 29.9 | 29.0 | 28.1 | 27.3 | 26.6 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 22.1 | ... |
| Mauritius | 11.6 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | ... |
| Morocco | 22.0 | 21.1 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.8 | ... |
| Mozambique | 47.1 | 46.7 | 46.3 | 46.0 | 45.5 | 44.9 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 43.0 | 42.6 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 41.4 | 40.8 | 40.1 | 39.3 | 38.5 | 37.7 | 37.0 | 36.4 | ... |
| Namibia | 29.8 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.3 | 17.8 | 17.2 | 16.8 | ... |
| Niger | 52.1 | 51.6 | 51.0 | 50.5 | 49.9 | 49.2 | 48.5 | 47.8 | 47.1 | 46.6 | 46.1 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 46.1 | 46.3 | 46.4 | 46.6 | 46.8 | 47.0 | 47.4 | ... |
| Nigeria | 41.3 | 41.1 | 40.9 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 40.0 | 39.4 | 38.8 | 38.2 | 37.7 | 37.3 | 36.9 | 36.7 | 36.4 | 36.2 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 34.2 | ... |
| Guinea-Bissau | 32.7 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.7 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 29.3 | 29.1 | 28.9 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 28.2 | 27.9 | 27.7 | ... |
| Rwanda | 48.9 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 47.6 | 46.4 | 44.8 | 43.1 | 41.2 | 39.6 | 38.1 | 36.7 | 35.6 | 34.6 | 33.6 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 29.8 | ... |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 29.2 | 28.1 | 27.1 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 23.6 | 22.5 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.0 | ... |
| Senegal | 22.5 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 17.0 | ... |
| Seychelles | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | ... |
| Sierra Leone | 38.9 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 38.8 | 38.3 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 35.9 | 34.9 | 33.8 | 32.9 | 32.3 | 31.6 | 30.5 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 26.0 | ... |
| Somalia | 33.9 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 33.2 | 32.4 | 31.3 | 30.1 | 28.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 20.3 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 18.0 | ... |
| South Africa | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 25.5 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 22.8 | ... |
| Zimbabwe | 34.1 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 35.0 | 34.9 | 34.7 | 34.2 | 33.5 | 32.4 | 31.1 | 29.6 | 28.1 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 23.1 | 22.5 | 22.0 | 21.6 | ... |
| Sudan | 38.2 | 37.9 | 37.8 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 37.2 | 36.9 | 36.5 | 36.2 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36.1 | 36.2 | 36.4 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.4 | 36.2 | 36.0 | ... |
| Eswatini | 35.0 | 34.4 | 33.9 | 33.4 | 32.8 | 32.0 | 31.2 | 30.2 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 27.1 | 26.3 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 21.2 | ... |
| Togo | 31.3 | 31.1 | 31.0 | 30.8 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 29.4 | 28.7 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 24.1 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 22.3 | ... |
| Tunisia | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | ... |
| Uganda | 42.6 | 42.0 | 41.3 | 40.6 | 39.7 | 38.6 | 37.4 | 36.0 | 34.6 | 33.3 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 29.6 | 28.4 | 27.3 | 26.3 | 25.5 | 24.7 | 24.0 | 23.4 | ... |
| Egypt | 24.8 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 24.6 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 20.4 | ... |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 45.5 | 44.8 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 42.2 | 41.3 | 40.3 | 39.2 | 38.1 | 37.1 | 36.2 | 35.4 | 34.7 | 34.1 | 33.5 | 32.9 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 30.6 | ... |
| Burkina Faso | 41.5 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 38.3 | 36.7 | 35.1 | 33.3 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 28.4 | 27.0 | 25.8 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | ... |
| Zambia | 50.7 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 48.6 | 47.6 | 46.5 | 45.2 | 43.7 | 42.2 | 40.8 | 39.6 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 35.4 | 34.2 | 33.2 | 32.3 | 31.7 | 31.4 | ... |
| South Sudan | 37.1 | 36.5 | 35.9 | 35.3 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 33.0 | 32.1 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 30.1 | 29.9 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 29.3 | 29.1 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 27.9 | ... |
| 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 | ... |