Stunted children in South Africa
26.1%
% of children under 5 · 2019
21st highest of 55 countries
Nearby in the ranking
- Bangladesh 28.0%
- Guinea-Bissau 27.7%
- Myanmar 26.8%
- South Africa 26.1%
- Uganda 25.2%
- Mali 24.9%
- Zimbabwe 23.5%
More about South Africa
Stunted children in every country
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/