Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Mauritius
Mauritius: Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male was 8.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Mauritius, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 8.7% for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Mauritius peaked at 13.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2020.
Mauritius ranks 103rd of 162 countries on this measure, 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, male in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.8% | — |
| 2001 | 13.6% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 12.6% | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 11.9% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 11.3% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 10.4% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 9.1% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 9.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8.8% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | +0.0% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 8.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.7%, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 8.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.3%, 32% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.8% | 9.8% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 8.8% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 100 Tunisia 9.4% compare
- 101 Samoa 9.0% compare
- 102 Trinidad and Tobago 8.8% compare
- 103 Suriname 8.7% compare
- 105 Montenegro 8.5% compare
- 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.4% compare
- 106 Palestine 8.4% compare
More health data for Mauritius
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -10 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0345 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,032 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0232 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8573 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, 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 Mauritius?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male in Mauritius 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age, male recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2020.
- How does Mauritius rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age, male?
- Mauritius ranks 103rd out of 162 countries with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age, male rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.