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UNICEF Expanded Global Databases Stunting January 2018-1
UNICEF Expanded Global Databases Stunting January 2018-1
Indicator Definitions Percentage of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median height-for-age of the reference
population1
Numerator: Number of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median height-for-age of the reference
population1
Suggested Citation: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Stunting, January 2018, New York
ISO Three-digit alphabetical codes International Standard ISO 3166-1 assigned by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The
latest version is available online a thttp://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.htm.
(column B)
Countries and areas The UNICEF Global databases contain a set of 202 countries as reported on through the State of the World's Children Statistical Annex 2017
(column C)
Survey Years Represents the year(s) in which the data collection (e.g. survey interviews) took place (column D)
Short Source Short source for major survey types. (Column E)
DHS Demographic and Health Survey (from the official Demographic and Health Survey Programme available at https://dhsprogram.com/)
DHS-style or MICS-style survey Survey with MICS or DHS in the titled but which is not and official MICS or DHS/not available at the above websites
The Living Standards Measurement Study (from official World Bank Group supported surveys available at:
LSMS http://iresearch.worldbank.org/lsms/lsmssurveyFinder.htm)
MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (from official UNICEF-supported surveys available at http://mics.unicef.org/)
NNS/SMART National Nutrition Survey/Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions
Nutrition Surveillance Estimates originating from nutrition monitoring and surveillance systems which are nationally representative
ONS Other National Survey
PAPFAM Pan Arab Project for Family Health survey
Estimate Type The source of the estimate, whether as reported, reanalyzed, etc. (column G)
Reanalyzed Dataset has been obtained, standardized and reanalyzed to conform to the definition. Lower and Upper Confidence limits are based on a 95% confidence leve
External Reanalysis Dataset not reanalyzed by external partners
Reported Point Estimate, and when available, other information including sample size, Lower and Upper Confidence limits, are based on results from report
Background Characteristics Where available, the point estimates and other parameters are presented by a variety of background characteristics including (i) sex (male and
female); (ii) area of residence (urban and rural); (iii) wealth quintiles (based on asset-based wealth scores); (iv) mother's education; (v)
Alternate wealth breakdowns (ie. not quintiles); and (vi) geographic area of residence.
National
Sex
Residence
Age Group
Wealth Quintile
Wealth Quintile Grouping
Mother's Education
Area / Age Group
Area / Wealth Quintile
Area / Wealth Quintile Grouping
Area / Sex
Sex / Age Group
Sex / Wealth Quintile
Sex / Wealth Quintile Grouping
Subnational Region
Disclaimer
All reasonable precautions have been taken to verify the information in this database. In no event shall UNICEF be liable for damages arising from its use or interpretation
Joint Malnutrition Estimates Height-for-age <-2SD (Stunting)
Percentage of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median height-for-ag
National
Full Source Estimate Type Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit
2
1
1,137.2 40.3 35.0 45.8 565.1 38.2
1,080.4 29.1 24.8 33.4 591.3 23.8
1,428.0 22.7 18.2 27.3 711.7 23.6
1
1
5
1
1
6
6
6
6
6
6
4,936.7 60.1 57.9 62.2 2,448.9 59.0
6
6
5,514.6 51.4 49.2 53.5 2,795.4 50.8
6
6
6
6,094.1 51.2 48.8 53.6 3,083.9 49.7
6
6
5,354.5 43.7 41.2 46.3 2,657.4 42.7
7,960.4 40.6 38.6 42.5 4,029.0 42.0
2
2
398.7 8.9 4.8 13.0 212.4 6.4
3,028.5 4.7 3.6 6.3 1,566.5 4.2
724.6 24.0 18.9 29.0 349.2 20.2
1,780.1 18.6 15.0 22.1 902.2 20.0
2
8
4,122.4 38.0 35.9 40.2 2,053.6 34.3
13,442.3 46.3 44.6 48.0 6,723.0 40.5
11,938.7 q 35.8 33.9 37.7 5,865.5 q 32.4
1
10
4,368.2 40.9 38.5 43.3 2,216.7 36.4
3,844.4 43.8 41.2 46.4 1,937.6 38.8
9,012.8 45.2 42.8 47.7 4,608.2 40.8
4,252.4 43.4 40.1 46.8 2,178.0 36.3
8
2,314.0 qr 66.8 63.4 70.3 1,119.0 qr 61.3
1
3,608.9 61.8 59.2 64.5 1,848.7 53.2
2
3
1
12
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
16
8
1
4,451.6 22.0 20.1 23.8 2,256.1 17.2
4,094.0 19.1 17.1 21.0 2,089.9 17.2
12,700.3 17.5 16.3 18.7 6,388.8 14.4
15,744.2 13.7 12.7 14.7 8,087.0 11.4
3
8
3,754.4 46.6 43.3 49.8 1,915.0 47.3
2,967.2 33.1 30.0 36.1 1,488.0 29.1
17
4,606.6 33.3 30.3 36.2 2,341.2 29.1
4,613.1 25.1 23.0 27.3 2,288.3 23.8
2
3
1
8
1,664.6 31.7 27.3 36.1 807.6 30.7
8,307.0 44.0 41.6 46.4 4,265.1 36.7
19
1
1
8,746.9 q 47.5 46.0 49.0 4,363.4 q 41.3
3,767.7 48.3 44.3 52.3 1,837.7 43.3
10,557.4 q 47.3 45.0 49.6 5,241.2 q 39.5
9,176.2 45.1 42.7 47.6 4,602.7 40.3
1
1
8
2,949.1 23.9 21.3 26.5 1,528.0 18.1
3,521.6 15.6 13.7 17.5 1,835.1 11.2
1,837.9 8.9 6.5 11.4 965.1 6.3
10,498.3 13.2 11.6 14.7 5,324.1 10.1
1
10,649.1 10.9 9.8 12.0 5,545.2 9.1
3,655.9 8.1 6.5 9.7 1,869.3 6.1
1
1
2
1
8
5,545.2 44.6 42.6 46.7 2,823.2 41.3
2
21
10,640.7 59.2 57.0 61.3 5,355.9 56.0
4,703.5 51.7 48.7 54.6 2,359.8 49.1
10,983.7 46.3 44.1 48.5 5,631.2 42.4
8
8
2,603.7 33.7 30.7 36.7 1,273.8 27.7
3,243.0 38.3 35.8 40.7 1,620.5 32.6
3,199.6 29.7 27.0 32.4 1,660.1 26.0
2,593.3 30.1 27.2 33.0 1,324.7 26.6
7,337.0 q 25.3 22.9 27.7 3,635.6 q 20.3
2,909.0 20.4 18.0 22.9 1,527.7 17.0
8
7,903.0 r 56.8 53.7 60.0 3,999.5 r 54.0
3,666.2 r 54.6 48.4 60.9 1,881.3 r 51.5
1
1
1
1
2
1
14,009.7 28.8 27.2 30.4 7,050.9 27.4
1
1
16,001.5 28.7 27.3 30.1 8,097.8 26.2
35,430.3 22.8 21.7 23.9 18,162.0 21.3
1
1
1
1
2
27
8
2,919.0 18.7 15.6 21.8 1,464.5 17.5
1
28
3,154.0 54.4 51.7 57.1 1,563.0 51.0
1,667.3 47.4 43.5 51.2 846.8 41.9
2,113.6 43.5 40.0 46.9 1,046.3 35.2
1,893.3 39.1 35.1 43.2 911.4 28.1
1
4
1
3,676.9 38.8 35.9 41.8 1,875.8 38.3
7,831.2 33.0 31.3 34.8 3,989.0 29.9
1
1
1
30
17
7,802.5 13.0 10.8 15.2 3,693.9 11.8
3
1
8
1
8,836.8 49.4 47.4 51.5 4,359.6 44.5
10,499.7 46.7 44.4 48.9 5,194.4 40.5
10,474.1 45.1 43.1 47.1 5,228.8 40.8
3
3
3
8,287.1 r 42.0 39.5 44.5 4,139.2 r 39.6
3
8
1
4,134.2 47.5 45.2 49.8 2,198.5 42.9
8
4,730.6 55.6 52.4 58.7 2,453.2 51.2
4,248.6 56.9 53.7 60.1 2,186.6 52.5
5,646.5 45.4 42.8 48.0 2,834.1 41.7
2
5,701.4 49.7 46.7 52.7 2,788.1 47.7
1
4,985.7 45.6 42.6 48.7 2,483.1 39.4
12,859.4 40.9 39.0 42.8 6,451.7 37.6
21,527.9 42.7 41.4 44.0 10,787.9 38.5
23,973.3 q 36.8 34.8 38.8 12,192.1 q 34.9
27,399.3 38.1 36.8 39.4 13,735.9 34.9
2
3
4
32
2
2
1
33
1,544.7 10.5 8.4 12.7 785.9 10.8
1,704.3 5.8 4.1 7.5 867.9 7.0
1
26
4,446.9 59.4 56.7 62.2 2,225.0 54.1
17
6,701.4 50.5 48.6 52.4 3,325.8 45.4
3,918.1 52.7 50.1 55.3 1,919.1 50.1
4,385.3 47.5 45.0 50.0 2,199.9 41.1
3,837.9 43.0 40.5 45.4 1,938.3 33.4
2
280.6 4.0 0.3 7.7 138.4 1.0
1
2
1
1,742.4 39.2 35.1 43.2 843.8 32.0
1
1,743.3 30.5 26.3 34.6 869.4 30.7
1,930.3 20.5 17.5 23.5 960.3 14.0
1
8
3
3,968.0 32.4 30.1 34.6 1,933.0 27.2
1
1,082,664.8 29.1 26.9 31.3 546,330.2 22.8
2,953.0 20.8 18.3 23.4 1,510.0 18.9
3,826.6 28.1 25.3 30.9 1,969.4 25.1
2
1
5,519.8 42.8 39.7 45.8 2,852.2 41.2
7
1
3
4,112.5 40.4 33.5 47.3 1,942.0 30.8
37
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4,138.8 35.4 32.8 38.1 2,094.3 30.6
8
749.0 6.9 3.9 10.0 389.0 3.6
8
1
1
1
2,024.7 20.7 17.8 23.7 1,026.5 16.9
3,713.5 11.5 9.6 13.3 1,958.1 11.4
3
6,261.8 52.7 49.5 56.0 3,109.0 47.2
5,441.5 52.6 50.0 55.2 2,764.3 46.5
2,609.6 50.9 47.0 54.9 1,318.0 45.7
8,091.8 47.0 44.4 49.6 4,038.9 41.8
2
9,846.1 36.7 34.8 38.5 4,971.4 32.2
40
1
8
8
8
8
2,459.4 25.4 22.3 28.5 1,297.2 24.4
4,820.5 19.5 17.6 21.4 2,446.0 19.7
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
42
3,008.5 r 43.7 38.7 48.8 1,521.3 r 42.0
42
42
42
42
42
42
- - -
54.7
21.0 1,775.0 8.5 6.7 10.3 1,191.5 51.6
16.1 1,546.8 6.8 4.9 8.7 1,120.4 50.4
33.2
36.5
10.1 614.0 3.3 1.0 5.5 503.5 28.6
3.7 318.2 2.9 0.2 5.7 262.8 9.4
19.3
35.6
33.5 1,826.6 24.4 21.4 27.4 1,772.6 39.7
30.4
23.2 6,349.0 21.2 18.5 23.8 5,247.9 24.1
20.5 1,218.3 14.1 11.9 16.3 1,415.0 29.0
8.5 1,024.1 7.1 5.0 9.2 785.5 25.0
10.9 743.5 6.6 3.8 9.5 507.0 26.8
10.0 775.5 1.4 - 3.0 466.8 23.8
9.1 1,062.5 1.9 0.5 3.3 790.8 11.7
55.8
32.9
9.1 1,407.9 4.9 1.7 8.0 871.9 25.9
46.6
52.5
52.8
54.9 811.1 35.2 31.1 39.2 655.7 55.5
43.1 850.4 25.9 22.1 29.7 711.6 52.3
34.2 652.6 21.3 17.9 24.7 636.7 47.0
33.3
21.9
51.2
53.2
51.4 1,108.9 35.1 30.8 39.4 937.1 54.7
48.6 478.3 28.6 22.8 34.3 418.4 50.8
47.7 1,609.7 23.1 20.0 26.2 1,235.7 46.9
53.1
57.9
14.4 y
23.2 19.0 27.4 612.1
40.4 84.4 420.5 17.3 9.5 25.1 90.5
6.7 y
3.8 y
12.8 y
1.4 yp
- - 474.1 - - - 474.1
1.4 y 7.7 y
36.3 532.4
29.4 1,042.8 30.7 26.4 35.0 668.3 20.2
25.3 476.8 25.4 21.0 29.8 924.0 19.2
22.4 2,408.6
19.2 2,905.6 40.1 38.3 41.8 6,911.4 14.6
16.1 3,289.3 34.4 32.5 36.3 5,903.2 10.9
13.4 1,521.0
13.0 2,118.1 12.6 10.2 15.0 1,884.4 10.6
11.1 1,616.9 8.8 6.1 11.5 1,230.2 9.0
46.0 356.0
14.0 1,128.3
7.3 1,341.8 17.2 15.3 19.0 2,404.1 5.6
5.8 712.7 10.1 8.1 12.1 1,256.9 2.5
8.9 4,133.0
22.9 1,913.0
31.3 3,431.2 38.9 37.2 40.5 6,455.6 27.5
24.7 4,938.5
21.6 11,322.2 22.5 21.6 23.5 23,833.4 21.1
17.1 3,993.6 22.5 21.0 24.1 4,150.7 15.9
10.4 4,534.1 13.0 11.7 14.4 3,739.3 7.0
11.5 4,043.1 13.1 11.7 14.4 3,427.3 7.7
8.9 3,732.1 9.6 8.0 11.2 2,836.8 4.9
8.7 5,344.1 9.2 7.6 10.8 4,032.6 4.7
58.2 980.7
23.6 1,265.2 q
12.7 6,233.9 15.1 13.0 17.2 5,522.6 5.8
30.2 95.1
41.0 780.4
34.1 696.0
41.2 204.2 55.8 53.7 58.0 2,451.2 44.0
27.9 351.4 50.4 48.1 52.8 2,823.3 33.3
23.4 466.2 44.5 42.3 46.6 2,548.6 25.9
14.5 240.0
36.3 2,570.3
34.4 297.7 pr
42.8 178.8
37.0 178.6 54.2 51.5 57.0 3,395.5 41.9
34.1 95.0 55.1 51.9 58.3 1,713.0 35.5
30.7 331.7 49.4 46.7 52.1 5,246.5 35.2
24.6 73.8
36.7 592.7 p
44.0
32.2 896.9 18.1 12.9 23.3 183.4 28.1
28.2 1,189.4 16.2 11.3 21.0 238.7 31.8
12.4
37.2 8,686.4 8.5 6.7 10.3 1,191.5 10.1
31.8 7,450.1 6.8 4.9 8.7 1,120.4 7.6
10.6
14.9 2,543.2 8.2 5.0 11.4 587.5 9.0
10.9 1,663.3 10.3 6.0 14.6 473.4 7.1
16.2
15.4
12.3
16.8 3,018.1 3.3 1.0 5.5 503.5 6.6
10.2 1,575.1 2.9 0.2 5.7 262.8 4.3
10.9
12.8
38.5 8,282.1 24.4 21.4 27.4 1,772.6 12.8
23.4
23.1 30,182.4 21.2 18.5 23.8 5,247.9 20.9
22.8 5,369.0 14.1 11.9 16.3 1,415.0 10.5
12.9 4,763.4 7.1 5.0 9.2 785.5 7.2
13.4 4,170.8 6.6 3.8 9.5 507.0 10.1
10.6 3,612.4 1.4 - 3.0 466.8 6.5
10.0 5,095.1 1.9 0.5 3.3 790.8 8.5
21.0
11.0
15.2 6,930.5 4.9 1.7 8.0 871.9 8.9
8.0
14.9
13.2
56.6 3,262.3 35.2 31.1 39.2 655.7 15.8
49.9 3,673.8 25.9 22.1 29.7 711.6 4.1
43.6 3,201.2 21.3 17.9 24.7 636.7 9.2
13.9
33.4
15.6
28.9
54.9 4,504.4 35.1 30.8 39.4 937.1 15.2
55.0 2,191.3 28.6 22.8 34.3 418.4 12.9
50.5 6,856.1 23.1 20.0 26.2 1,235.7 19.2
14.9
22.1 3,985.7 15.6 13.0 18.1 834.8 11.2
52.6 2,527.3 r 19.8 13.9 25.7 481.2 r 8.6
20.6
18.0
20.1 y 11.6 y
2.5 11.1 253.4 21.8 9.9 41.5 80.2 z
3.3 28.2 29.6 z 9.9 0.8 19.0 42.1 z
5.6 31.6 48.6 z 10.3 2.5 18.1 74.3
4.3 y 21.5 y
20.5 y
5.0 2.8 8.8 201.7 5.4 2.1 13.1
6.8 - 17.1 34.2 z 17.5 1.8 33.3
7.2 0.2 14.3 65.0 12.9 7.0 18.8
4.2 y
- - 47.7 z 9.2 y
42.6 z 3.8 y - -
- 45.9 z 6.0 y -
11.9 y 9.3 y
11.1 y 13.0 y
- 98.9 26.3 z 50.6 12.0 89.2 27.8 z
6.0 19.3 59.3 q 48.8 34.5 63.0 51.0 q
17.7 37.2 158.7 39.1 31.1 47.0 183.8
8.0 23.1 102.9 q
12.6 40.2 95.4
Bottom 60% Rural Top 40% Urban
Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit Sample Size Footnote Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit
170.6 p 15.7 yp
1,312.1 9.5 3.6 15.3 81.0 15.5 11.3
1,480.6 14.8 7.6 21.9 185.2 14.2 9.9
1,691.5 8.9 3.6 14.2 183.0 9.9 6.3
13.0
- - 33.0 z 18.5 y
- - - 26.7 z
- - - 39.0 z - - -
17.8 y 13.9 y
178.0 6.5 2.0 19.2 155.6 5.8 3.1
38.3 z 9.6 - 19.6 33.4 z 12.8 -
75.4 14.9 4.7 25.0 47.5 12.2 6.0
16.3 y 9.5 y
39.0 z - - - 40.0 z - -
16.0 y 12.7 y
21.9 y 22.1 y
- - - 26.7 z
- - - 39.0 z
176.8 banteay mean c 26.9 16.9 36.8 276.2 battambang & pai
243.1 banteay mean c 24.9 17.3 32.5 388.5 battambang & pai
712.3 adam /nord/ext- p 31.1 23.4 38.8 497.9 centre /sud/est
2,296.9 lower egypt rural 25.0 20.8 29.1 766.2 lower egypt urba
101.7 frontier governor 33.2 30.8 35.6 2,927.4 lower egypt - rur
428.1 ashanti region 22.2 14.7 29.7 202.3 brong ahafo regi
619.6 ashanti 35.2 29.1 41.4 359.9 brong ahafo
478.9 Ashanti 28.7 21.3 36.0 287.6 Brong Ahafo
515.7 ashanti 25.1 19.1 31.1 274.4 brong ahafo
1,369.9 Asante q 19.3 15.1 23.4 655.3 Brong Ahafo
497.4 ashanti 17.2 13.1 21.4 284.0 brong ahafo
2,622.7 [ap] andhra pra 43.1 38.9 47.2 59.5 [ar] arunachal p
1,913.9 north & west 33.6 29.0 38.1 407.8 south & east
949.4 west
1,047.7 west
862.3 centre-nord 43.5 39.1 47.9 580.8 centre-ouest
311.8 Centre-Nord 37.8 28.7 47.8 282.3 Centre-Ouest
201.0 Sud qr
672.3 west
235.1 kampong speu 43.0 35.6 50.4 176.7 kampong thum
218.5 kampong speu 47.2 39.2 55.2 197.3 kampong thom
812.0 pacifica
685.3 pacifica
2,265.5 pacífica 11.5 9.0 14.1 160.9 territorios nacio
2,500.5 pacífica 13.1 11.5 14.7 457.8 territorios nacio
158.3 kouilou 38.5 32.9 44.1 103.4 lekoumou
627.4 Western
876.4 Western
1,177.6 western
945.5 western
1,148.7 Sogd
1,409.8 sughd
1,364.0 Southern
305.3 west
261.0 Tashkent 25.2 21.0 29.5 551.8 Western
312.4 DHNTB r 33.2 26.4 40.0 458.5 DNB
758.1 Red River Delta q 9.7 6.3 13.1 557.6 South East
pr
320.9 tarija
433.1 tarija
318.7 tarija
116.8 kratie 55.8 47.2 64.4 76.1 mondol kiri & rat
180.5 kratie 40.0 33.0 46.9 126.1 mondol kiri & rat
1,596.9 Sud (sans ville d 48.2 43.8 52.6 1,102.6 Sud Ouest
294.5 Tombali
531.3 Tombali
272.4 talas
352.0 Talas
325.5 tombouctou
583.4 tombouctou
1,057.1 Tombouctou q
424.6 western
153.3 west-nile 44.6 36.9 52.3 331.3 western
336.3 western
52,032.9 Western
530.4 western
430.2 western
1,791.4 southern 36.4 32.7 40.2 789.0 western
183.0 matabeleland so pr 32.2 24.6 39.8 360.0 midlands
q
28.5 21.1 36.0 237.0 sud-est
q
8.3 4.1 12.6 260.9 Qalqiliya 11.2
1.8 - 4.0 139.6 Qalqiliya 8.2
pr
q
q
Region 12 Region 13
Lower Limit Upper Limit Sample Size Region Name Footnote Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit
302.9 Sud-Ouest
72.2 krong preah sih 49.5 38.9 60.1 17.7 mondol kiri
282.2 phnom penh 51.4 42.6 60.2 91.7 preah vihear & s
85.9 preah sihanouk 56.0 48.8 63.2 105.5 preah vihear & s
106.0 preah sihanouk 44.3 39.0 49.6 142.9 preah vihear & s
765.2 Mayo Kebbi Oue q 29.4 25.2 33.9 757.4 Moyen Chari
817.1 mayo kebbi est 50.2 46.1 54.3 655.0 mayo kebbi oues
316.7 la romana 13.5 10.2 16.8 476.8 la vega
420.5 otjozondjupa
371.3 otjozondjupa
174.3 otjozondjupa
112.1 ucayali
550.0 lambayeque 14.4 12.3 16.5 3,743.8 lima
470.0 lambayeque 11.9 9.6 14.1 2,662.1 lima
621.9 viqueque
81.0 Tacarigua 18.0 Tobago
r
36.1 19.7 52.4 30.5 otdar mean cheyz 30.2
42.8 33.0 52.7 260.9 prey veng 63.4
- - - 474.1 yangon
95.7 Vakaga r
45.7 Vakaga zq
60.8 san josé de oco 16.6 11.4 21.7 273.2 san juan
1,929.5 [tn] tamil nadu 35.7 31.4 39.9 146.4 [tr] tripura
1,221.3 Lagos 32.2 25.8 38.6 235.6 Nasarawa
1,439.9 Lagos q 33.2 25.3 41.0 325.2 Nasarawa
166.8 ucayali
201.0 Ucayali
185.3 Ucayali
174.5 Ucayali
181.1 Ucayali
208.0 Ucayali
17.0 zanziba south 34.1 27.1 41.2 30.8 zanzibar north