Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled) … male modeled in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled) … male modeled was 8.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Caribbean Small States, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Caribbean Small States is 8.7%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Caribbean Small States peaked at 13.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2024.
That places Caribbean Small States 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled) … male modeled in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.7% | — |
| 2001 | 12.9% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 13.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 12.5% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 11.1% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 9.9% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 9.5% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.3% | 12.7% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2% | 9.5% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 33 Liberia 29.4% compare
- 34 Philippines 29.3% compare
- 35 Guinea 28.7% compare
- 36 Sierra Leone 27.6% compare
- 37 Nepal 27.0% compare
- 37 South Africa 27.0% compare
- 39 Zimbabwe 26.1% compare
More health data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate -0.6288 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0376 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.034 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0366 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Caribbean Small States?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Caribbean Small States was 8.7% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2024.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys 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.