Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)
Afghanistan, Angola, Albania...and 153 more, 1983 - 2020
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Last modified
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Title
World Development Indicators
Alternate Title
WDI
Database ID
WLD_2021_WDI_v01_M
Authoring entity
| Name | Role | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | Producer | The World Bank Group |
Abstract
The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
URL
http://databank.worldbank.org/data/views/variableSelection/selectvariables.aspx?source=world-development-indicators
Type
Time series database
Date created
2021-10-28
Date published
2021-10-28
Version
| Version | Date | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-28 | 2021-10-28 | World Bank, Development Data Group |
Update frequency
Quarterly
Update schedule
| Schedule |
|---|
| April, July, September, December |
Time coverage
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2020 |
Periodicity
| Period |
|---|
| Annual |
Topics
| Name |
|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development |
| Aid Effectiveness |
| Climate Change |
| Economy & Growth |
| Education |
| Energy & Mining |
| Environment |
| External Debt |
| Financial Sector |
| Gender |
| Health |
| Infrastructure |
| Labor & Social Protection |
| Poverty |
| Private Sector |
| Public Sector |
| Science & Technology |
| Social Development |
| Trade |
| Urban Development |
Geographic coverage
| Name | Code |
|---|---|
| Aruba | ABW |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | AFE |
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Africa Western and Central | AFW |
| Angola | AGO |
| Albania | ALB |
| Andorra | AND |
| Arab World | ARB |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia | ARM |
| American Samoa | ASM |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG |
| Australia | AUS |
| Austria | AUT |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
| Burundi | BDI |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Benin | BEN |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
| Bangladesh | BGD |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
| Bahrain | BHR |
| The Bahamas | BHS |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH |
| Belarus | BLR |
| Belize | BLZ |
| Bermuda | BMU |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Brazil | BRA |
| Barbados | BRB |
| Brunei | BRN |
| Bhutan | BTN |
| Botswana | BWA |
| Central African Republic | CAF |
| Canada | CAN |
| Central Europe and the Baltics | CEB |
| Switzerland | CHE |
| Channel Islands | CHI |
| 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 |
| Caribbean small states | CSS |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Curaçao | CUW |
| Cayman Islands | CYM |
| Cyprus | CYP |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
| Germany | DEU |
| Djibouti | DJI |
| Dominica | DMA |
| Denmark | DNK |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Algeria | DZA |
| East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | EAP |
| Early-demographic dividend | EAR |
| East Asia & Pacific | EAS |
| Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | ECA |
| Europe & Central Asia | ECS |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt | EGY |
| Euro area | EMU |
| Eritrea | ERI |
| Spain | ESP |
| Estonia | EST |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| European Union | EUU |
| Fragile and conflict affected situations | FCS |
| Finland | FIN |
| Fiji | FJI |
| France | FRA |
| Faroe Islands | FRO |
| Micronesia | FSM |
| Gabon | GAB |
| United Kingdom | GBR |
| Georgia | GEO |
| Ghana | GHA |
| Gibraltar | GIB |
| Guinea | GIN |
| The Gambia | GMB |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ |
| Greece | GRC |
| Grenada | GRD |
| Greenland | GRL |
| Guatemala | GTM |
| Guam | GUM |
| Guyana | GUY |
| High income | HIC |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG |
| Honduras | HND |
| Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | HPC |
| Croatia | HRV |
| Haiti | HTI |
| Hungary | HUN |
| IBRD only | IBD |
| IDA & IBRD total | IBT |
| IDA total | IDA |
| IDA blend | IDB |
| Indonesia | IDN |
| IDA only | IDX |
| Isle of Man | IMN |
| India | IND |
| Ireland | IRL |
| Iran | IRN |
| Iraq | IRQ |
| Iceland | ISL |
| Israel | ISR |
| Italy | ITA |
| Jamaica | JAM |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Japan | JPN |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Kenya | KEN |
| Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ |
| Cambodia | KHM |
| Kiribati | KIR |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA |
| Korea | KOR |
| Kuwait | KWT |
| Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | LAC |
| Lao PDR | LAO |
| Lebanon | LBN |
| Liberia | LBR |
| Libya | LBY |
| St. Lucia | LCA |
| Latin America & Caribbean | LCN |
| Least developed countries: UN classification | LDC |
| Low income | LIC |
| Liechtenstein | LIE |
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
| Lower middle income | LMC |
| Low & middle income | LMY |
| Lesotho | LSO |
| Late-demographic dividend | LTE |
| Lithuania | LTU |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
| Latvia | LVA |
| Macao SAR, China | MAC |
| St. Martin (French part) | MAF |
| Morocco | MAR |
| Monaco | MCO |
| Moldova | MDA |
| Madagascar | MDG |
| Maldives | MDV |
| Middle East & North Africa | MEA |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Marshall Islands | MHL |
| Middle income | MIC |
| North Macedonia | MKD |
| Mali | MLI |
| Malta | MLT |
| Myanmar | MMR |
| Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | MNA |
| Montenegro | MNE |
| Mongolia | MNG |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MNP |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
| Mauritania | MRT |
| Mauritius | MUS |
| Malawi | MWI |
| Malaysia | MYS |
| North America | NAC |
| Namibia | NAM |
| New Caledonia | NCL |
| Niger | NER |
| Nigeria | NGA |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
| Netherlands | NLD |
| Norway | NOR |
| Nepal | NPL |
| Nauru | NRU |
| New Zealand | NZL |
| OECD members | OED |
| Oman | OMN |
| Other small states | OSS |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Panama | PAN |
| Peru | PER |
| Philippines | PHL |
| Palau | PLW |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Poland | POL |
| Pre-demographic dividend | PRE |
| Puerto Rico | PRI |
| Dem. People's Rep. Korea | PRK |
| Portugal | PRT |
| Paraguay | PRY |
| West Bank and Gaza | PSE |
| Pacific island small states | PSS |
| Post-demographic dividend | PST |
| French Polynesia | PYF |
| Qatar | QAT |
| Romania | ROU |
| Russia | RUS |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| South Asia | SAS |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Sudan | SDN |
| Senegal | SEN |
| Singapore | SGP |
| Solomon Islands | SLB |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
| El Salvador | SLV |
| San Marino | SMR |
| Somalia | SOM |
| Serbia | SRB |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | SSA |
| South Sudan | SSD |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SSF |
| Small states | SST |
| São Tomé and Principe | STP |
| Suriname | SUR |
| Slovak Republic | SVK |
| Slovenia | SVN |
| Sweden | SWE |
| Eswatini | SWZ |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM |
| Seychelles | SYC |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA |
| Chad | TCD |
| East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD) | TEA |
| Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD) | TEC |
| Togo | TGO |
| Thailand | THA |
| Tajikistan | TJK |
| Turkmenistan | TKM |
| Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD) | TLA |
| Timor-Leste | TLS |
| Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD) | TMN |
| Tonga | TON |
| South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | TSA |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD) | TSS |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkey | TUR |
| Tuvalu | TUV |
| Tanzania | TZA |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Ukraine | UKR |
| Upper middle income | UMC |
| Uruguay | URY |
| United States | USA |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT |
| Venezuela | VEN |
| British Virgin Islands | VGB |
| Virgin Islands | VIR |
| Vietnam | VNM |
| Vanuatu | VUT |
| World | WLD |
| Samoa | WSM |
| Kosovo | XKX |
| Yemen | YEM |
| South Africa | ZAF |
| Zambia | ZMB |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
Geographic Granularity
global, national, regional
Geographic Area Count
265
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Help Desk | World Bank | Link | data@worldbank.org |
Languages
| Language | Code |
|---|---|
| English | en |
| Spanish | sp |
| French | fr |
| Arabic | ar |
| Chinese | cn |
License
| Type | URI |
|---|---|
| CC BY-4.0 | Link |
Citation
World Development Indicators, The World Bank