Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Libya
Libya: Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted was 9.2% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Libya, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
Libya recorded 9.2% for proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Libya peaked at 29.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2024.
Libya ranks 97th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.5% | 19.8% | 29.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 15.0% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 9.2% | 13.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More infrastructure data for Libya
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 13.94 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 192.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.22 million (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 16.86 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 11,246 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 60.05 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.09 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.7 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 96.9 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 82.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Libya?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Libya was 9.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2024.
- How does Libya rank for proportion of children moderately or severely stunted?
- Libya ranks 97th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely stunted rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya 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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