Burkina Faso vs Nepal: Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female
Burkina Faso
24.5%
in 2021
Nepal
24.7%
in 2022
Burkina Faso rank
37th
Nepal rank
35th
Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female over time
- Burkina Faso
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 24.7% against 24.5% in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.2%.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 37th and Nepal ranks 35th of 83 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female, Burkina Faso or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 24.7% against 24.5% in Burkina Faso as of 2022.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female between Burkina Faso and Nepal?
- 0.2%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nepal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2019.
- How do Burkina Faso and Nepal rank globally for malnutrition: prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female?
- Burkina Faso ranks 37th and Nepal ranks 35th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of children younger than 5 years, male versus female, that fall below two standard deviations from the median height-for-age of the WHO Child Growth Standards.