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Height-for-age <-2 SD (stunting), Modeled Estimates

Name: Height-for-age <-2 SD (stunting), Modeled Estimates by country, 2024
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· higher is better · 162 countries

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UNICEF Data Warehouse (CC BY 3.0 IGO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2024

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162 countries · 2024

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Height-for-age <-2 SD (stunting), Modeled Estimates league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Burundi	55.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Niger	48.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Eritrea	48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Angola	47.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Papua New Guinea	47.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
6	Yemen, Rep.	47.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
7	Timor-Leste	45.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
8	Guatemala	44.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Congo, Dem. Rep.	44.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Afghanistan	42	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
11	Central African Republic	38.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Madagascar	38.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Mozambique	37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Ethiopia	35.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Sudan	35.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Lesotho	35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Nigeria	33.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Pakistan	33.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
19	Benin	33.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Malawi	33.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	India	32.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
22	Zambia	32.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Chad	31.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Vanuatu	31	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
25	South Sudan	30	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Marshall Islands	30	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
27	Tanzania	29.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Lao PDR	29.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Solomon Islands	29.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
30	Rwanda	29.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Guinea-Bissau	28.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Philippines	27.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
33	Cameroon	27.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Liberia	26.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Guinea	26.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Nepal	26	South Asia	Lower middle income
37	Sierra Leone	25.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Bangladesh	25.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
39	Myanmar	24.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
40	South Africa	24.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
41	Malaysia	24.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	23.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Zimbabwe	23.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Syrian Arab Republic	23.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
45	Uganda	23.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	Mali	23.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Togo	23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Indonesia	22.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
49	Cambodia	22	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	Haiti	21.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
51	Mauritania	21.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Botswana	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
53	Djibouti	20.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
54	Cote d'Ivoire	20.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Burkina Faso	19.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Viet Nam	19.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Eswatini	18.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Kenya	17.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	Honduras	17.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
60	Bhutan	17.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
61	Ecuador	17.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
62	Comoros	17.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Senegal	17.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Equatorial Guinea	17.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
65	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	16.6	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
66	Namibia	16.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Congo, Rep.	16.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Naoero	16	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Ghana	15.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Kiribati	14.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
71	Maldives	14.2	South Asia	Upper middle income
72	Panama	14	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Gambia, The	14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Gabon	13.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Morocco	13.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Tajikistan	13.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Mexico	13.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Egypt, Arab Rep.	12.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
79	Oman	12.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
80	Thailand	12.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
81	Belize	11.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Ukraine	11.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Venezuela, RB	11.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Colombia	11.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Saudi Arabia	11.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	Kyrgyz Republic	11	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
87	Bolivia	10.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
88	Argentina	10.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Costa Rica	10.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Peru	10.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Sri Lanka	10.1	South Asia	Upper middle income
92	Lebanon	10.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Sao Tome and Principe	10	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Brunei Darussalam	9.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	El Salvador	9.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Iraq	9.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Libya	9.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
98	Algeria	8.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
99	Brazil	8.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Tunisia	8.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
101	Samoa	8.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Montenegro	8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	West Bank and Gaza	8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
104	Suriname	8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Trinidad and Tobago	7.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
107	Mauritius	7.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
108	Jordan	7.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
109	Albania	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Cuba	7.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
111	Fiji	7.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
112	Guyana	7.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
113	Mongolia	7.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Romania	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Jamaica	6.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Azerbaijan	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Uzbekistan	6.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
118	Uruguay	6.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
119	Turkmenistan	6.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Seychelles	6.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
121	Armenia	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Barbados	5.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Dominican Republic	5.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Bulgaria	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Turkiye	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	Qatar	5.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	Cabo Verde	5.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Tuvalu	5.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Japan	5.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
130	Iran, Islamic Rep.	4.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
131	Georgia	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Bahrain	4.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
133	Serbia	4.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	China	4.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Kuwait	4.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
136	Kazakhstan	4.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	United States	4.2	North America	High income
138	Moldova	4.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
139	North Macedonia	3.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
140	United Kingdom	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Malta	3.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
142	Paraguay	3.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
143	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	Portugal	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Australia	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
146	St. Lucia	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Singapore	2.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	Belgium	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Czechia	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Germany	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Ireland	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Greece	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Korea, Rep.	1.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
154	Chile	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Finland	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Latvia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Netherlands	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Tonga	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Lithuania	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Estonia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Belarus	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
162	Poland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Height-for-age <-2 SD (stunting), Modeled Estimates