Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in IDA blend
IDA blend: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female was 28.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in IDA blend, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 28.1% for prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in IDA blend peaked at 38.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 28.1%, in 2024.
That places IDA blend 13th out of 45 groups 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 IDA blend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37.6% | — |
| 2001 | 37.8% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 38.0% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 38.2% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 38.2% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 38.3% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 38.3% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 38.1% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 37.7% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 37.2% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 36.6% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 36.0% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 35.3% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 34.7% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 34.1% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 33.4% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 32.6% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 31.8% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 30.9% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 30.0% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 29.2% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 28.6% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 28.4% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 28.1% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 28.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.9% | 37.2% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 30.0% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.5% | 28.1% | 29.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 10 Democratic Republic of Congo 41.1% compare
- 11 Central African Republic 36.3% compare
- 12 Madagascar 35.7% compare
- 13 Sudan 34.1% compare
- 14 Mozambique 34.0% compare
- 15 Ethiopia 33.0% compare
- 16 Pakistan 32.6% compare
More health data for IDA blend
- Population ages 65 and above 3.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2892 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3789 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4955 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1926 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in IDA blend?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in IDA blend was 28.1% 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 38.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, female recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.1% in 2024.
- How does IDA blend rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, female?
- IDA blend ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.