Children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Children moderately or severely stunted was 0.3 num th in 2024. ▼ Falling
Children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num th.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia is 0.3 num th, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.5 num th in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3 num th, in 2006.
Saint Lucia ranks 173rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | num th | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5 num th | — |
| 2001 | 0.5 num th | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5 num th | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4 num th | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4 num th | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4 num th | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3 num th | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3 num th | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.3 num th is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46.05 num th, 1% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.3 num th is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 35.7 num th, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.39 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.5 num th | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 0.3 num th | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More development goals data for Saint Lucia
- Red List Index 0.714 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 92.62 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 277.32 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 21 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 21 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 13 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 13 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 13 (2025)
- Infant deaths 32 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia?
- Children moderately or severely stunted in Saint Lucia was 0.3 num th in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 num th in 2000.
- What is the lowest children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 num th in 2006.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for children moderately or severely stunted?
- Saint Lucia ranks 173rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children moderately or severely stunted rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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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