Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female was 18.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states stood at 18.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states peaked at 18.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2000.
Pacific island small states ranks 26th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.1% | — |
| 2001 | 16.3% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 16.5% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 16.6% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 16.7% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 16.9% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 17.3% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 17.2% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 17.1% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 17.1% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 17.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 17.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 17.7% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 18.1% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 18.4% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.8% | 16.1% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 17.1% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 17.1% | 18.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
- 23 Zambia 29.4% compare
- 24 Chad 29.3% compare
- 25 Laos 28.4% compare
- 26 Marshall Islands 28.2% compare
- 27 Solomon Islands 28.1% compare
- 28 South Sudan 27.8% compare
- 29 Tanzania 27.2% compare
More health data for Pacific island small states
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.025 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 3.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0298 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per capita 0.053 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Pacific island small states was 18.4% 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 Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, female recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2000.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, female?
- Pacific island small states ranks 26th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.