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Child stunting rate Ranking Map for 150 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories covered by the international joint child-stunting estimates. 150 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Burundi has the highest recorded value at 52.8% (rank #1); Japan ranks #113 at 7.1%. Coverage: 150 countries and territories. Reference years: Burundi 2024; Japan 2010. This is the share of children under five whose height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO reference median.
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01 Life expectancy Compare life expectancy by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 02 Healthy life expectancy Compare healthy life expectancy by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 03 Physicians per 1,000 people Compare physicians per 1,000 people by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 04 Smoking rate Compare smoking rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 05 Health expenditure (% of GDP) Compare health expenditure (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 06 Out-of-pocket share of health spending Compare out-of-pocket share of health spending by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 07 Adult obesity rate Compare adult obesity rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 08 Alcohol consumption per person Compare alcohol consumption per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 09 Child stunting rate Compare child stunting rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. Selected 10 Suicide mortality rate Compare suicide mortality rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 11 Mental & substance-use death rate Compare mental & substance-use death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 01 / RANKING MAP
Compare child stunting rate within the covered dataset. Countries and territories covered by the international joint child-stunting estimates.
Japan 7.1%
Japan, world rank 113 for Child stunting rate, 7.1%
Fiji: 7.2% Tanzania: 30% Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: Not included in this limited dataset United States: 3.8% Kazakhstan: 8% Uzbekistan: 6.5% Papua New Guinea: 49.5% Indonesia: 22% Argentina: 8.7% Chile: 1.8% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 44.7% Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 17.6% Sudan: 38.2% Chad: 31.9% Haiti: 22% Dominican Republic: 6.7% Russia: Not included in this limited dataset Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: Not included in this limited dataset Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 46.7% South Africa: 21.3% Lesotho: 35.6% Mexico: 12.5% Uruguay: 6.9% Brazil: 8% Bolivia: 16.1% Peru: 11.5% Colombia: 12.7% Panama: 15.9% Costa Rica: 9% Nicaragua: 17.3% Honduras: 18.7% El Salvador: 10% Guatemala: 46% Belize: 15% Venezuela: Not included in this limited dataset Guyana: 9.5% Suriname: 8.3% France: Not included in this limited dataset Ecuador: 17.4% Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: 4.6% Cuba: 7.1% Zimbabwe: 25.9% Botswana: Not included in this limited dataset Namibia: 22.7% Senegal: 17.5% Mali: 25.1% Mauritania: 25.1% Benin: 34.1% Niger: 47.7% Nigeria: 33.8% Cameroon: 28.9% Togo: 23.8% Ghana: 17.4% Côte d’Ivoire: 23.4% Guinea: 26.1% Guinea-Bissau: 28.1% Liberia: 29.8% Sierra Leone: 26.3% Burkina Faso: 21.1% Central African Republic: 37.9% Republic of the Congo: 21.2% Gabon: 14.4% Equatorial Guinea: 26.2% Zambia: 34.6% Malawi: 35.5% Mozambique: 36.7% Eswatini: 20% Angola: 37.6% Burundi: 52.8% Israel: Not included in this limited dataset Lebanon: 13.9% Madagascar: 39.8% Palestine: 8.7% Gambia: 17.5% Tunisia: 8.4% Algeria: 9.8% Jordan: 8.2% United Arab Emirates: Not included in this limited dataset Qatar: 6.2% Kuwait: 3.2% Iraq: 12.6% Oman: 11.4% Vanuatu: 28.9% Cambodia: 21.9% Thailand: 12.4% Laos: 32.8% Myanmar: 26.7% Vietnam: 18.2% North Korea: 19.1% South Korea: 0.9% Mongolia: 8.8% India: 35.5% Bangladesh: 23.6% Bhutan: 17.9% Nepal: 24.8% Pakistan: 37.6% Afghanistan: 44.6% Tajikistan: 13.7% Kyrgyzstan: 14.1% Turkmenistan: 7.2% Iran: 4.8% Syria: 27.9% Armenia: 9.4% Sweden: Not included in this limited dataset Belarus: 1.2% Ukraine: Not included in this limited dataset Poland: 1% Austria: Not included in this limited dataset Hungary: Not included in this limited dataset Moldova: 6.4% Romania: Not included in this limited dataset Lithuania: 1% Latvia: 0.5% Estonia: 1.2% Germany: 1.3% Bulgaria: 7% Greece: Not included in this limited dataset Türkiye: 6% Albania: 11.3% Croatia: Not included in this limited dataset Switzerland: Not included in this limited dataset Luxembourg: Not included in this limited dataset Belgium: 1.9% Netherlands: Not included in this limited dataset Portugal: 3.2% Spain: Not included in this limited dataset Ireland: 2.2% New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: 31.7% New Zealand: Not included in this limited dataset Australia: Not included in this limited dataset Sri Lanka: 10.5% China: 4.8% Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: Not included in this limited dataset Denmark: Not included in this limited dataset United Kingdom: 2% Iceland: Not included in this limited dataset Azerbaijan: 6.6% Georgia: 5.8% Philippines: 26.7% Malaysia: 21.2% Brunei: Not included in this limited dataset Slovenia: Not included in this limited dataset Finland: 2.8% Slovakia: Not included in this limited dataset Czechia: Not included in this limited dataset Eritrea: 52.5% Japan: 7.1% Paraguay: 5.6% Yemen: 48.5% Saudi Arabia: 10.8% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: Not included in this limited dataset Morocco: 14.2% Egypt: 12.8% Libya: 7.9% Ethiopia: 36.8% Djibouti: 25.5% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 24.4% Rwanda: 33.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8.9% North Macedonia: 4.3% Serbia: 5.4% Montenegro: 7.2% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 9.2% South Sudan: 31.3% Japan Burundi 1 Eritrea 2 Papua New Guinea 3 Yemen 4 Niger 5 Estonia 145 Poland 147 Lithuania 147 South Korea 149 Latvia 150 Angola Pakistan Madagascar Central African Republic Guatemala Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 30% / 2010
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Child stunting rateRankings 113/150 7.1%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #113 for child stunting rate. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Burundi 52.8% 2 Eritrea 52.5% 3 Papua New Guinea 49.5% 4 Yemen 48.5% 5 Niger 47.7%
150 Latvia 0.5% 149 South Korea 0.9% 147 Poland 1% 147 Lithuania 1% 145 Estonia 1.2% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Child stunting rate ranking map Countries and territories covered by the international joint child-stunting estimates. This page orders 150 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Burundi (52.8%), #2 Eritrea (52.5%), #3 Papua New Guinea (49.5%)
Japan’s position World #113 (7.1%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Child stunting rate Full ranking150 countries #8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 44.7% Profile #12 Central African Republic 37.9% Profile #54 Republic of the Congo 21.2% Profile #85 Sao Tome and Principe 11.7% Profile #97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.9% Profile #130 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.6% Profile