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Stunting Rates by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Highest Stunting Rate
Country | Stunting Rates↓ | Most recent data year | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Burundi | 55.8% | 2022 |
 | Eritrea | 52.5% | 2010 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 49.5% | 2010 |
 | Niger | 47.7% | 2022 |
 | Timor-Leste | 46.7% | 2020 |
 | Yemen | 46.4% | 2013 |
 | Guatemala | 46% | 2021 |
 | DR Congo | 41.8% | 2017 |
 | Madagascar | 39.8% | 2021 |
 | Central African Republic | 39.8% | 2019 |
 | Sudan | 38.2% | 2014 |
 | Afghanistan | 38.2% | 2018 |
 | Libya | 38.1% | 2014 |
 | Pakistan | 37.6% | 2018 |
 | Angola | 37.6% | 2015 |
 | Mozambique | 37.5% | 2020 |
 | Ethiopia | 36.8% | 2019 |
 | India | 35.5% | 2020 |
 | Malawi | 35.5% | 2020 |
 | Marshall Islands | 34.8% | 2017 |
 | Zambia | 34.6% | 2018 |
 | Lesotho | 34.6% | 2018 |
 | Bhutan | 33.5% | 2010 |
 | Philippines | 33.1% | 2015 |
 | Rwanda | 33.1% | 2020 |
 | Laos | 33.1% | 2017 |
 | Benin | 32.2% | 2018 |
 | Solomon Islands | 31.7% | 2015 |
 | Nigeria | 31.5% | 2020 |
 | South Sudan | 31.3% | 2010 |
 | Comoros | 31.1% | 2012 |
 | Indonesia | 30.8% | 2018 |
 | Guinea | 30.3% | 2018 |
 | Tanzania | 30% | 2022 |
 | Liberia | 29.8% | 2019 |
 | Cameroon | 28.9% | 2018 |
 | Botswana | 28.9% | 2007 |
 | Vanuatu | 28.9% | 2013 |
 | Bangladesh | 28% | 2019 |
 | Chad | 28% | 2022 |
 | Syria | 27.9% | 2010 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 27.7% | 2019 |
 | Myanmar | 26.7% | 2018 |
 | Sierra Leone | 26.3% | 2021 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.2% | 2011 |
 | Eswatini | 25.5% | 2014 |
 | Uganda | 25.4% | 2020 |
 | Somalia | 25.3% | 2009 |
 | Mauritania | 25.1% | 2022 |
 | Nepal | 24.8% | 2022 |
 | Nauru | 24% | 2007 |
 | Togo | 23.8% | 2017 |
 | Zimbabwe | 23.5% | 2019 |
 | Ivory Coast | 23.4% | 2021 |
 | Ecuador | 23% | 2019 |
 | Ukraine | 22.9% | 2000 |
 | Namibia | 22.7% | 2013 |
 | Burkina Faso | 22.6% | 2021 |
 | Egypt | 22.3% | 2014 |
 | Cambodia | 21.9% | 2021 |
 | Haiti | 21.9% | 2017 |
 | Malaysia | 21.8% | 2019 |
 | Mali | 21.8% | 2022 |
 | South Africa | 21.4% | 2017 |
 | Cape Verde | 21.4% | 1994 |
 | Djibouti | 20.9% | 2019 |
 | Brunei | 19.7% | 2009 |
 | Vietnam | 19.5% | 2020 |
 | North Korea | 19.1% | 2017 |
 | Honduras | 18.7% | 2019 |
 | Senegal | 17.9% | 2019 |
 | Azerbaijan | 17.8% | 2013 |
 | Kenya | 17.6% | 2022 |
 | Ghana | 17.5% | 2017 |
 | Tajikistan | 17.5% | 2017 |
 | Gambia | 17.5% | 2020 |
 | Sri Lanka | 17.3% | 2016 |
 | Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2012 |
 | Bolivia | 16.1% | 2016 |
 | Panama | 15.9% | 2019 |
 | Maldives | 15.3% | 2017 |
 | Kiribati | 15.2% | 2018 |
 | Belize | 15% | 2015 |
 | Gabon | 14.4% | 2020 |
 | Morocco | 14.2% | 2019 |
 | El Salvador | 13.6% | 2014 |
 | Bahrain | 13.6% | 1995 |
 | Mauritius | 13.6% | 1995 |
 | Thailand | 13.4% | 2019 |
 | Venezuela | 13.4% | 2009 |
 | Mexico | 12.8% | 2021 |
 | Romania | 12.8% | 2002 |
 | Colombia | 12.7% | 2016 |
 | Iraq | 12.6% | 2018 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.8% | 2018 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7% | 2019 |
 | Qatar | 11.6% | 1995 |
 | Peru | 11.5% | 2021 |
 | Oman | 11.4% | 2017 |
 | Albania | 11.3% | 2017 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 10.8% | 2020 |
 | Algeria | 9.8% | 2019 |
 | Guyana | 9.5% | 2019 |
 | Mongolia | 9.4% | 2018 |
 | Armenia | 9.4% | 2016 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.2% | 2011 |
 | Costa Rica | 9% | 2018 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.9% | 2012 |
 | Argentina | 8.7% | 2018 |
 | Palestine | 8.7% | 2020 |
 | Tunisia | 8.4% | 2018 |
 | Suriname | 8.3% | 2018 |
 | Kazakhstan | 8% | 2015 |
 | Seychelles | 7.9% | 2012 |
 | Barbados | 7.7% | 2012 |
 | Jordan | 7.4% | 2019 |
 | Samoa | 7.3% | 2019 |
 | Brazil | 7.2% | 2019 |
 | Turkmenistan | 7.2% | 2019 |
 | Fiji | 7.2% | 2021 |
 | Montenegro | 7.2% | 2018 |
 | Japan | 7.1% | 2010 |
 | Cuba | 7.1% | 2019 |
 | Bulgaria | 7% | 2014 |
 | Lebanon | 7% | 2021 |
 | Uruguay | 6.9% | 2018 |
 | Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 2019 |
 | Uzbekistan | 6.5% | 2021 |
 | Kuwait | 6.4% | 2020 |
 | Moldova | 6.4% | 2012 |
 | Turkey | 6% | 2018 |
 | Georgia | 5.8% | 2018 |
 | Tuvalu | 5.7% | 2019 |
 | Paraguay | 5.6% | 2016 |
 | Serbia | 5.4% | 2019 |
 | China | 4.8% | 2017 |
 | Iran | 4.8% | 2017 |
 | Jamaica | 4.6% | 2018 |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.6% | 2020 |
 | Belarus | 4.5% | 2005 |
 | Singapore | 4.5% | 2000 |
 | North Macedonia | 4.3% | 2019 |
 | Lithuania | 4.1% | 2021 |
 | United States | 3.4% | 2018 |
 | Portugal | 3.2% | 2016 |
 | Czech Republic | 2.7% | 2001 |
 | Poland | 2.6% | 2014 |
 | Saint Lucia | 2.5% | 2012 |
 | Tonga | 2.2% | 2019 |
 | Australia | 1.9% | 2007 |
 | Chile | 1.8% | 2014 |
 | Belgium | 1.6% | 2014 |
 | Netherlands | 1.5% | 2009 |
 | Greece | 1.5% | 2003 |
 | Germany | 1.3% | 2016 |
 | Estonia | 1.2% | 2014 |
 | South Korea | 0.9% | 2020 |
 | Latvia | 0.5% | 2021 |
- Data shown represent the percentage of children under age 5 whose height appears stunted compared to average expected height for a child their age.
