Afghanistan Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate

Afghanistan Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 42.000 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 41.600 % for 2023. Afghanistan Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 43.500 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 55.500 % in 2000 and a record low of 40.700 % in 2020. Afghanistan Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, publisher: JME; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME; World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME;Weighted average;

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