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Algeria | |
Angola | |
Benin | |
Botswana | |
Burkina Faso | |
Burundi | |
Cameroon | |
Cape Verde | |
Central African Republic | |
Chad | |
Comoros | |
Congo | |
Côte d’Ivoire | |
Djibouti | |
DRC | |
Egypt | |
Equatorial Guinea | |
Eritrea | |
Eswatini | |
Ethiopia | |
Gabon | |
Gambia | |
Ghana | |
Guinea | |
Guinea-Bissau | |
Kenya | |
Lesotho | |
Liberia | |
Libya | |
Madagascar | |
Malawi | |
Mali | |
Mauritania | |
Mauritius | |
Morocco | |
Mozambique | |
Namibia | |
Niger | |
Nigeria | |
Rwanda | |
SADR | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Senegal | |
Seychelles | |
Sierra Leone | |
Somalia | |
South Africa | |
South Sudan | |
Sudan | |
Tanzania | |
Togo | |
Tunisia | |
Uganda | |
Zambia | |
Zimbabwe |
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | |
Life expectancy at birth | |
Maternal mortality ratio | |
Stillbirth rate | |
Neonatal mortality rate | |
Infant mortality rate | |
Under 5 mortality rate | |
Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits | |
Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits | |
Births attended by skilled health personnel | |
Postpartum care coverage for mothers | |
Postnatal care coverage for newborns | |
Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months | |
Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination | |
Stunting - short height for age under age 5 | |
Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 | |
Overweight - heavy for height under 5 | |
Sexual and Reproductive Health | |
Child marriage before age 15 | |
Child marriage before age 18 | |
Female genital mutilation | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - female | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - male | |
Very early child bearing under age 16 | |
Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 | |
Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women | |
Demand satisfied for modern contraception | |
Communicable Diseases | |
New HIV infections | |
Antiretroviral treatment coverage | |
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV | |
Condom use | |
New TB infections | |
New malaria infections | |
Non-Communicable Diseases | |
Mortality from non-communicable diseases | |
Suicide mortality rate | |
Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over | |
Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over | |
Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over | |
Health Financing | |
External health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % GDP | |
Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure | |
Government health expenditure per capita | |
Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure | |
Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health | |
Health systems and policies | |
Density of health workers - physicians | |
Density of health workers - nurses and midwives | |
Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff | |
Qualified obstetricians | |
Birth registration | |
At least basic drinking water | |
At least basic sanitation services | |
Open defecation | |
Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
Full Name: | Proportion of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) and minus 3 standard deviations (severe) from the median height-for-age of the reference population |
Full Unit: | Percentage, % |
Year-range of Data: | 1994 - 2018 |
Source: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group |
Link to Source: | https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ |
Date Source Published: | 1st April 2019 |
Date Source Accessed: | 15th May 2019 |
The following countries had no data: |
This is the percentage of children under the age of five whose growth in height is restricted by lack of adequate nutrition. Children under five that are ‘stunted’ are those who do not reach the minimum height in the healthy range for their age and gender. It includes the proportion of under-fives falling below minus 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) and minus 3 standard deviations (severe) from the median height-for-age of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards among children under 5 years of age. Stunting can be caused by chronic malnutrition or poor health conditions over the long term.
This is a key indicator for showing levels of malnutrition, access to healthcare, and the socioeconomic status of the community. Children under five whose growth is stunted will be affected over their whole lifespan; it causes the development of the body and brain to be impaired and lasts into adulthood. The effects of stunting are irreversible. This indicator is part of the nutrition target indicators for the World Health Assembly. Monitoring prevalence of stunting among children under five years of age globally forms part of Sustainable Development Goal 2 Target 2.2: by 2030 to end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving by 2025 the internationally agreed target on stunting in children under five years of age.
For the majority of countries, the data sources are household surveys that are nationally representative. For both data sources, the child’s height and age measurements must be collected following standard measuring techniques recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). If a child’s height is less than two standard deviations below the standard median for the child’s age and gender, then that child is designated as stunted. Together, UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank group review new data sources to update country-level estimates. Each agency uses their existing mechanisms for capturing data.
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More about indicator and sources
This is one of the World Health Assembly nutrition target indicators. It is also an indicator for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 2: Target 2.2: by 2030 end all forms of malnutrition. This indicator is also part of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030). The internationally agreed target for stunting is to achieve a 40% reduction in the number of children who are stunted by 2025.
See here for more information:
http://www.who.int/nutrition/global-target-2025/en/
In the UNICEF data base, two data points provided for Rwanda for the year 2015: 38.2% (DHS, shown in this platform) and 36.9% (Rwanda 2015 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis).
More information on calculations
Prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting among children under-five estimates are calculated by comparing actual measurements to the WHO Child Growth standards (an international standard reference population). The standards, released in April 2006 by the World Health Organization, replaced the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference population. The new standards confirm that children born anywhere in the world and given the optimum start in life have the potential to reach the same range of height and weight. It states that differences in the growth of a child up to the age of five is more influenced by nutrition, feeding practices, environment and health care than by genetics or ethnicity.
For more information, see “Notes on the Data”: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/