Child stunting & overweight prevalence by country (UNICEF/WHO/WB JME)
Annual country panel (2000-2024) of the UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Malnutrition Estimates, March 2025 edition (keyless UNICEF Data Warehouse SDMX): modeled-estimate prevalence (%) of stunting and overweight among children under 5 for 161 countries, each with its JME uncertainty interval, year-on-year changes, the 5-year stunting trend, and a WHO-threshold burden tier. The child-nutrition layer for food-security, development and country-risk models; joins on country_code with the catalog's other global panels. Note: the survey-based wasting/underweight series are not annual and are excluded by design.
- Rows
- 4,025
- Columns
- 14
- Source cadence
- Yearly
- Last refreshed
- Oct 4, 2026
- Theme
- health
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country_code | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (UNICEF Data Warehouse field REF_AREA; regional aggregates dropped). |
| country | string | Country name from the catalog's canonical ISO3 mapper. |
| year | integer | Observation year (JME modeled annual series, 2000-2024). |
| stunting_pct | float | Modeled-estimate prevalence of stunting (height-for-age <-2 SD) among children under 5, percent. (unit: %) |
| stunting_lower | float | Lower bound of the JME 95% uncertainty interval for stunting prevalence. (unit: %) |
| stunting_upper | float | Upper bound of the JME 95% uncertainty interval for stunting prevalence. (unit: %) |
| overweight_pct | float | Modeled-estimate prevalence of overweight (weight-for-height >+2 SD) among children under 5, percent. (unit: %) |
| overweight_lower | float | Lower bound of the JME 95% uncertainty interval for overweight prevalence. (unit: %) |
| overweight_upper | float | Upper bound of the JME 95% uncertainty interval for overweight prevalence. (unit: %) |
| stunting_change_pp | float | Year-on-year change in stunting prevalence, percentage points (null for 2000). (unit: pp) |
| overweight_change_pp | float | Year-on-year change in overweight prevalence, percentage points (null for 2000). (unit: pp) |
| stunting_trend_5y_pp | float | Stunting prevalence minus its value 5 years earlier, percentage points (null before 2005). (unit: pp) |
| burden_tier | string | Agent-assigned WHO/UNICEF JME stunting prevalence thresholds: very_low <2.5, low 2.5-<10, medium 10-<20, high 20-<30, very_high >=30. |
| row_hash | string | Deterministic 12-hex row identity hash (country_code|year). |
First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.
| country_code | country | year | stunting_pct | stunting_lower | stunting_upper | overweight_pct | overweight_lower | overweight_upper | stunting_change_pp | overweight_change_pp | stunting_trend_5y_pp | burden_tier | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,000 | 55.513 | 52.34 | 58.641 | 4.823 | 3.807 | 6.094 | — | — | — | very_high | 451e5542f3f9 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,001 | 55.194 | 52.076 | 58.271 | 4.882 | 3.893 | 6.105 | -0.319 | 0.058 | — | very_high | f764e51f74ea |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,002 | 54.379 | 51.493 | 57.235 | 4.926 | 3.947 | 6.133 | -0.815 | 0.044 | — | very_high | 5af63b961982 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,003 | 53.392 | 50.705 | 56.059 | 4.957 | 4.016 | 6.104 | -0.987 | 0.031 | — | very_high | 77f01a56255a |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,004 | 52.376 | 49.644 | 55.094 | 4.974 | 4.041 | 6.11 | -1.016 | 0.018 | — | very_high | 07f3ecd34d09 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,005 | 51.331 | 48.646 | 54.009 | 4.98 | 4.061 | 6.095 | -1.045 | 0.006 | -4.181 | very_high | 4734c34f3031 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,006 | 50.262 | 47.533 | 52.99 | 4.975 | 4.109 | 6.014 | -1.069 | -0.005 | -4.931 | very_high | cee0bb8f38b0 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,007 | 49.025 | 46.207 | 51.849 | 4.961 | 4.109 | 5.979 | -1.237 | -0.015 | -5.354 | very_high | 3368c40efd5d |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,008 | 47.785 | 44.889 | 50.696 | 4.938 | 4.098 | 5.939 | -1.24 | -0.023 | -5.607 | very_high | f5750ddcaf41 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,009 | 46.508 | 43.67 | 49.368 | 4.908 | 4.065 | 5.914 | -1.278 | -0.03 | -5.869 | very_high | 0cdef2c4b503 |
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UNICEF child-malnutrition intelligence. (2026). Child stunting & overweight prevalence by country (UNICEF/WHO/WB JME) [Data set, snapshot 20261004T122544Z-ace5577eded8, sha256 ace5577eded8]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-05, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/unicef_child_malnutrition_intel/unicef_child_malnutrition_annual?snapshot=20261004T122544Z-ace5577eded8
@misc{dz_unicef_child_malnutrition_intel_unicef_c_ace5577e,
title = {{Child stunting \& overweight prevalence by country (UNICEF/WHO/WB JME)}},
author = {{UNICEF child-malnutrition intelligence}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/unicef_child_malnutrition_intel/unicef_child_malnutrition_annual?snapshot=20261004T122544Z-ace5577eded8}},
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