Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)
Afghanistan, Angola, Albania...and 153 more, 1983 - 2020
Reference ID
SH.STA.STNT.ZS
Metadata
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Oct 29, 2021
Last modified
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Overview
Series unique ID
SH.STA.STNT.ZS
Series Name
Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)
Database ID
WLD_2021_WDI_v01_M
Periodicity of data
Annual
Series chart
Data preview
Definition long
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 new child growth standards released in 2006.
Topics
| Topic |
|---|
| Health: Nutrition |
Series dates
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 2020 |
Aggregation method
See SH.STA.STNT.ME.ZS for aggregation
Notes
Geographic information
Geographic coverage
| Location name | Location code |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Angola | AGO |
| Albania | ALB |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia | ARM |
| Australia | AUS |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
| Burundi | BDI |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Benin | BEN |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
| Bangladesh | BGD |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
| Bahrain | BHR |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH |
| Belarus | BLR |
| Belize | BLZ |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Brazil | BRA |
| Barbados | BRB |
| Brunei | BRN |
| Bhutan | BTN |
| Botswana | BWA |
| Central African Republic | CAF |
| Chile | CHL |
| China | CHN |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV |
| Cameroon | CMR |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | COD |
| Congo | COG |
| Colombia | COL |
| Comoros | COM |
| Cabo Verde | CPV |
| Costa Rica | CRI |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
| Germany | DEU |
| Djibouti | DJI |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Algeria | DZA |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt | EGY |
| Eritrea | ERI |
| Estonia | EST |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| Fiji | FJI |
| Gabon | GAB |
| Georgia | GEO |
| Ghana | GHA |
| Guinea | GIN |
| The Gambia | GMB |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ |
| Greece | GRC |
| Guatemala | GTM |
| Guyana | GUY |
| Honduras | HND |
| Haiti | HTI |
| Indonesia | IDN |
| India | IND |
| Iran | IRN |
| Iraq | IRQ |
| Jamaica | JAM |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Japan | JPN |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Kenya | KEN |
| Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ |
| Cambodia | KHM |
| Kiribati | KIR |
| Korea | KOR |
| Kuwait | KWT |
| Lao PDR | LAO |
| Lebanon | LBN |
| Liberia | LBR |
| Libya | LBY |
| St. Lucia | LCA |
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
| Lesotho | LSO |
| Morocco | MAR |
| Moldova | MDA |
| Madagascar | MDG |
| Maldives | MDV |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Marshall Islands | MHL |
| North Macedonia | MKD |
| Mali | MLI |
| Myanmar | MMR |
| Montenegro | MNE |
| Mongolia | MNG |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
| Mauritania | MRT |
| Mauritius | MUS |
| Malawi | MWI |
| Malaysia | MYS |
| Namibia | NAM |
| Niger | NER |
| Nigeria | NGA |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
| Netherlands | NLD |
| Nepal | NPL |
| Nauru | NRU |
| Oman | OMN |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Panama | PAN |
| Peru | PER |
| Philippines | PHL |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Poland | POL |
| Dem. People's Rep. Korea | PRK |
| Portugal | PRT |
| Paraguay | PRY |
| West Bank and Gaza | PSE |
| Qatar | QAT |
| Romania | ROU |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Sudan | SDN |
| Senegal | SEN |
| Singapore | SGP |
| Solomon Islands | SLB |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
| El Salvador | SLV |
| Somalia | SOM |
| Serbia | SRB |
| South Sudan | SSD |
| São Tomé and Principe | STP |
| Suriname | SUR |
| Eswatini | SWZ |
| Seychelles | SYC |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR |
| Chad | TCD |
| Togo | TGO |
| Thailand | THA |
| Tajikistan | TJK |
| Turkmenistan | TKM |
| Timor-Leste | TLS |
| Tonga | TON |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkey | TUR |
| Tuvalu | TUV |
| Tanzania | TZA |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Ukraine | UKR |
| Uruguay | URY |
| United States | USA |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| Venezuela | VEN |
| Vietnam | VNM |
| Vanuatu | VUT |
| Samoa | WSM |
| Yemen | YEM |
| South Africa | ZAF |
| Zambia | ZMB |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
API documentation
Api documentation
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Series links
License
Access license
| CC BY-4.0 |
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Metadata production
Series unique ID
SH.STA.STNT.ZS