Prevalence of stunting, height for age in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Prevalence of stunting, height for age was 28.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of stunting, height for age in Lower middle income, 2000–2024
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 28.9% for prevalence of stunting, height for age 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 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of stunting, height for age in Lower middle income peaked at 44.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.9%, in 2024.
That places Lower middle income 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44.6% | — |
| 2001 | 44.1% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 43.8% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 43.3% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 42.9% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 42.4% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 41.8% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 41.1% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 40.3% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 39.5% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 38.5% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 37.6% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 36.6% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 35.7% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 34.8% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 33.9% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 32.1% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 31.2% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 29.7% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 29.2% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 29.0% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 28.9% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 28.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.4% | 39.5% | 44.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.4% | 30.4% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.1% | 28.9% | 29.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0359 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0347 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.031 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of stunting, height for age in Lower middle income?
- Prevalence of stunting, height for age in Lower middle income was 28.9% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 44.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of stunting, height for age recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9% in 2024.
- How does Lower middle income rank for prevalence of stunting, height for age?
- Lower middle income ranks 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is prevalence of stunting, height for age rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.