Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male was 6.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 2014–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 6.8% for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 10.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2024.
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 39th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10.8% | — |
| 2015 | 10.3% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 8.7% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.5% | 8.2% | 10.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More health data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0402 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate -0.0639 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0397 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -0.1882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.035 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 6.8% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2024.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 39th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.