Children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa
Samoa: Children moderately or severely stunted was 2.3 num th in 2024. β² Rising
Children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 2.3 num th for children moderately or severely stunted in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa peaked at 2.3 num th in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.2 num th, in 2007.
Samoa ranks 150th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.36 num th | 1.2 num th | 1.6 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.62 num th | 1.3 num th | 2 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.24 num th | 2.1 num th | 2.3 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 148 Montenegro 2.9 num th compare
- 149 Kiribati 2.4 num th compare
- 151 Cabo Verde 1.9 num th compare
- 151 Lithuania 1.9 num th compare
- 153 Latvia 1.4 num th compare
More development goals data for Samoa
- Red List Index 0.7699 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 5.93 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 188.08 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 22 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 22 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 22 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 3 (2025)
- Infant deaths 67 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa?
- Children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa was 2.3 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3 num th in 2022.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 num th in 2007.
- How does Samoa rank for children moderately or severely stunted?
- Samoa ranks 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely stunted rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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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