Stunted children in Nigeria

Nearby in the ranking

6. Chad 37.8%
7. Angola 37.2%
8. Ethiopia 36.9%
9. Nigeria 36.5%
10. Pakistan 36.1%
11. India 35.5%
12. Zambia 33.3%

More about Nigeria

• Life expectancy
• Child deaths (under 5)
• Mothers dying in childbirth
• Health spending per person
• Measles vaccination
• Overweight adults
• Overweight children
• Homes with piped water
• Homes with a flush toilet
• All figures for Nigeria

About the data

Unit

% of children under 5

Years

1992–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Global Data Lab

License

Free for non-commercial use with credit; commercial use needs written permission from the Global Data Lab

Credit

Data retrieved from the Health database of the Global Data Lab (v2.1), https://globaldatalab.org/health/