Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted (%) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted (%) was 9.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in El Salvador, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 9.4% for proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in El Salvador peaked at 28.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2024.
That places El Salvador 105th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted (%) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | per pop u5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28.7% | — |
| 2001 | 27.8% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 26.7% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 25.7% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 24.6% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 23.5% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 22.4% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 21.2% | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 19.9% | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 18.6% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 17.4% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 15.5% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 14.6% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 13.9% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 12.3% | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 10.3% | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 9.7% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 9.4% | -3.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 9.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.2%, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 9.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.9%, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.9% | 18.6% | 28.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 10.7% | 17.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 9.4% | 10.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More infrastructure data for El Salvador
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 176.52 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 885,101 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 13.96 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1396 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.6394 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 885,101 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.77 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in El Salvador?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in El Salvador was 9.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely stunted recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 28.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely stunted recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for proportion of children moderately or severely stunted?
- El Salvador ranks 105th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely stunted rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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