Children moderately or severely stunted in Nauru
Nauru: Children moderately or severely stunted was 0.2 num th in 2024. βΌ Falling
Children moderately or severely stunted in Nauru, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Nauru recorded 0.2 num th for children moderately or severely stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely stunted in Nauru peaked at 0.3 num th in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2 num th, in 2020.
Nauru ranks 160th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2 num th | 0.2 num th | 0.2 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 158 Seychelles 0.6 num th compare
- 159 Saint Lucia 0.3 num th compare
- 160 Tonga 0.2 num th compare
- 162 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1 num th compare
- 162 Tuvalu 0.1 num th compare
More development goals data for Nauru
- Red List Index 0.825 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 41.56 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 2,844 constant US$ (2025)
- Infant deaths 2 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 1 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 0 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 2 (2024)
- Children moderately or severely overweight 0.1 num th (2024)
- Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 282,756 tonnes (2024)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1.53 ratio (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely stunted in Nauru?
- Children moderately or severely stunted in Nauru was 0.2 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3 num th in 2000.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 num th in 2020.
- How does Nauru rank for children moderately or severely stunted?
- Nauru ranks 160th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely stunted rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nauru data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Children moderately or severely stunted (thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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