Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male was 13.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Latin America & Caribbean stood at 13.4%.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 19.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12.9%, in 2020.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 34th 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 in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.3% | — |
| 2001 | 18.8% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 18.4% | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 17.9% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 17.5% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 17.1% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 16.7% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 16.2% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 15.7% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 15.2% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 14.2% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 13.1% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 12.9% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 12.9% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 13.2% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 13.3% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.3% | 15.2% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 12.9% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.2% | 12.9% | 13.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
- 31 Guinea-Bissau 30.7% compare
- 32 Cameroon 29.7% compare
- 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
More health data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.033 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0344 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0369 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Latin America & Caribbean was 13.4% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 19.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.9% in 2020.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.