Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female was 15.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 15.4% for prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 35.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.4%, in 2024.
That places Equatorial Guinea 64th out of 162 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.8% | — |
| 2001 | 34.6% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 33.6% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 32.7% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 31.8% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 30.8% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 29.9% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 28.9% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 27.7% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 26.5% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 25.3% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 24.0% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 22.8% | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 20.9% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 20.1% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 15.8% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 15.6% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | -0.6% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 15.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.4%, 2.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 15.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22.4%, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.2% | 26.5% | 35.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 16.9% | 25.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 15.4% | 16.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 843 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0663 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Equatorial Guinea?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Equatorial Guinea was 15.4% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of stunting, height for age, female recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 35.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, female recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.4% in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, female?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 64th out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls 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. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.