Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Small states
Small states: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female was 15.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in 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 Small states stood at 15.8%. 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 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Small states peaked at 23.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15.8%, in 2024.
That places Small states 28th 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 Small states, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.5% | — |
| 2001 | 22.8% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 23.1% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 23.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 22.9% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 22.7% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 22.5% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 22.0% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 21.5% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 20.9% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 20.2% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 19.2% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 17.0% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 16.5% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 16.2% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 16.0% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 15.8% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.6% | 21.5% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 16.5% | 20.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 15.8% | 16.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small states
- 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
- 30 Rwanda 27.0% compare
- 31 Philippines 26.0% compare
More health data for Small states
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.0295 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 2.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0359 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 0.0401 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0397 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Small states?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female in Small states was 15.8% 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 23.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, female recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 2024.
- How does Small states rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, female?
- Small states ranks 28th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, female rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.