Prevalence of stunting, height for age in IDA blend
IDA blend: Prevalence of stunting, height for age was 29.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age in IDA blend, 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 in IDA blend is 29.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age in IDA blend peaked at 40.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 29.9%, in 2024.
IDA blend ranks 13th of 45 groups 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 in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39.3% | — |
| 2001 | 39.5% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 39.7% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 39.9% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 40.0% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40.0% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 39.8% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 39.5% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 39.0% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 38.4% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 37.7% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 37.1% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 36.5% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 35.9% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 35.2% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 34.4% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 33.5% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 32.5% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 31.7% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 30.9% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 30.4% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 30.1% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 29.9% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 29.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.7% | 39.0% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.3% | 31.7% | 38.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.2% | 29.9% | 30.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 10 Afghanistan 42.0% compare
- 11 Central African Republic 38.9% compare
- 12 Madagascar 38.4% compare
- 13 Mozambique 37.0% compare
- 14 Ethiopia 35.5% compare
- 15 Sudan 35.4% compare
- 16 Lesotho 35.0% compare
More health data for IDA blend
- Population ages 65 and above 3.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2892 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3789 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4955 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1926 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age in IDA blend?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age in IDA blend was 29.9% in 2024, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest prevalence of stunting, height for age recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 40.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.9% in 2024.
- How does IDA blend rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age?
- IDA blend ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend 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 (modeled estimate, % of children under 5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children 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.