Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa
Samoa: Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted was 8.4% in 2024. β² Rising
Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa, 2000β2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in per pop u5.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa is 8.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa peaked at 8.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2007.
That places Samoa 91st out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.8% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.8% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More infrastructure data for Samoa
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 134,320 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 62.4 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4,567 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.12 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0212 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -23.88 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 4,567 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.624 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa?
- Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted in Samoa was 8.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of children moderately or severely stunted recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2007.
- How does Samoa rank for proportion of children moderately or severely stunted?
- Samoa ranks 91st out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of children moderately or severely stunted rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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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