Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) by country

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...

Countries reporting
83
Highest
56.6%
Burundi
Lowest
0.8%
Korea
Median
23.4%
Years covered
39
1986–2024
Data points
730

What the numbers show

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 56.6% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.8% in Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.4%, and the mean is 23.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 21.1%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 69.2%).

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 56.6% 2024 up 1.1% flat
2 Niger 50.4% 2022 up 18.6% falling
3 Yemen 48.9% 2022 up 4.0% falling
4 Timor-Leste 48.6% 2020 down 18.3% falling
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 47.2% 2023 up 4.7% flat
6 Guatemala 47.1% 2021 down 8.5% falling
7 Madagascar 43.6% 2021 down 14.0% falling
8 Mozambique 40.9% 2022 down 9.3% falling
9 Central African Republic 40.8% 2022 down 2.4% falling
10 Ethiopia 39.8% 2019 down 13.9% falling
11 Malawi 39.3% 2020 down 23.4% falling
12 Zambia 38.3% 2018 down 21.5% falling
12 Lesotho 38.3% 2024 down 2.0% falling
14 Pakistan 38.2% 2018 down 13.6% falling
15 Benin 37.0% 2021 down 9.3% falling
15 Rwanda 37.0% 2020 down 22.1% falling
17 India 36.2% 2020 down 24.3% falling
18 Nigeria 35.0% 2021 down 4.9% falling
19 Chad 34.8% 2022 down 13.6% falling
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.6% 2023 down 24.3% falling
21 Tanzania, United Republic of 33.3% 2022 down 6.7% falling
22 Liberia 31.8% 2019 down 21.9% falling
23 Guinea-Bissau 31.4% 2019 up 7.5% falling
24 Cameroon 31.2% 2018 down 23.3% falling
25 Guinea 29.1% 2022 down 9.6% falling
25 Sierra Leone 29.1% 2021 down 19.6% falling
27 Mauritania 27.6% 2022 up 7.4% falling
28 Uganda 27.2% 2022 down 23.4% falling
28 Philippines 27.2% 2021 down 21.2% falling
30 Djibouti 26.9% 2023 down 3.9% falling
31 Myanmar 26.7% 2018 down 27.2% falling
31 Mali 26.7% 2024 down 14.1% falling
31 Zimbabwe 26.7% 2019 down 29.4% falling
34 Togo 26.2% 2017 down 19.1% falling
35 Nepal 24.7% 2022 down 39.8% falling
36 Haiti 24.6% 2023 down 0.8% falling
37 Cambodia 24.5% 2021 down 41.0% falling
37 Burkina Faso 24.5% 2021 down 35.9% falling
39 Côte d'Ivoire 24.3% 2021 down 20.8% flat
40 Bangladesh 23.8% 2022 down 35.7% falling
41 Viet Nam 23.7% 2010 down 45.8% falling
42 Indonesia 23.4% 2023 down 37.1% falling
43 Eswatini 22.7% 2021 down 33.2% falling
44 Malaysia 21.8% 2022 up 21.1% rising
45 Kenya 19.6% 2022 down 28.5% falling
46 Ghana 19.4% 2022 down 23.3% falling
47 Ecuador 19.2% 2024 down 25.9% falling
47 Honduras 19.2% 2019 down 38.9% falling
49 Senegal 18.5% 2023 up 3.4% falling
49 Gambia 18.5% 2020 down 27.5% falling
51 Nicaragua 18.2% 2012 down 32.1% falling
52 Sri Lanka 17.9% 2016 down 4.8% falling
53 Maldives 16.3% 2017 down 20.1% falling
54 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.1% 2016 down 42.5% falling
55 Tajikistan 15.1% 2023 down 42.8% falling
56 Kyrgyzstan 15.0% 2023 down 25.7% falling
57 Morocco 14.9% 2019 down 6.3% falling
58 Colombia 14.4% 2016 down 17.7% falling
59 Saudi Arabia 13.6% 2020 rising
60 Egypt 13.0% 2021 down 60.5% falling
61 Oman 12.7% 2017 up 12.4% falling
61 Thailand 12.7% 2022 down 23.0% falling
63 Peru 12.5% 2023 down 32.4% falling
64 Algeria 11.6% 2019 down 30.1% falling
65 Mexico 11.5% 2022 down 24.3% falling
66 Guyana 11.4% 2019 down 43.6% falling
67 Armenia 10.9% 2016 down 40.4% falling
67 El Salvador 10.9% 2021 down 49.5% falling
67 Mongolia 10.9% 2018 down 36.3% falling
70 China 8.8% 2013 down 61.2% falling
71 Palestine, State of 8.6% 2020 down 27.7% flat
72 Kazakhstan 7.7% 2015 down 57.0% falling
73 Jordan 7.6% 2023 down 18.3% falling
74 Dominican Republic 7.5% 2019 down 31.2% falling
75 Uruguay 7.3% 2018 down 45.5% falling
76 Jamaica 7.0% 2018 down 25.5% falling
77 Azerbaijan 6.9% 2023 down 61.7% falling
78 Türkiye 6.1% 2018 down 50.8% falling
79 Uzbekistan 6.0% 2021 down 69.2% volatile
80 Kuwait 3.8% 2023 down 39.7% rising
81 United States of America 2.8% 2018 down 9.7% falling
82 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.8% 2019 down 5.3% falling
83 Korea 0.8% 2020 down 57.9% falling

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Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male by country. Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/prevalence-of-stunting-height-for-age-male-percent-of-children-under-5/

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About this data

Indicator
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)
Unit
% of children under 5
Source
UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children'
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 730 data points, 1986–2024
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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.