Share of children who are stunted vs. CO₂ emissions per capita, 2022

The share of children younger than five who are stunted – significantly shorter than the average for their age, as a consequence of poor nutrition and/or repeatedinfection.

Country/area
Share of children who are stunted UNICEF/WHO
% of children under 5 2022
Per capita emissions
tonnes per person 2022
World regions according to OWID
2022
Afghanistan33.10%0.26 t
Aland Islands
Albania8.30%1.83 t
Algeria8.60%4.06 t
American Samoa
Andorra5.26 t
Angola43.60%0.57 t
Anguilla9.76 t
Antigua and Barbuda6.66 t
Argentina9.50%4.49 t
Armenia7.20%2.49 t
Aruba7.71 t
Australia3.40%14.67 t
Austria6.78 t
Austria-Hungary
Azerbaijan13.30%3.92 t
Bahamas6.04 t
Bahrain5.00%23.25 t
Bangladesh26.40%0.67 t
Barbados6.00%4.05 t
Belarus3.60%6.47 t
Belgium2.40%7.65 t
Belize12.00%1.57 t
Benin30.40%0.42 t
Bermuda7.73 t
Bhutan22.70%2.09 t
Bolivia11.10%1.85 t
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba3.84 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina8.00%6.54 t
Botswana21.60%2.70 t
Brazil7.20%2.30 t
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands4.63 t
Brunei10.90%24.93 t
Bulgaria5.60%6.88 t
Burkina Faso21.80%0.28 t
Burundi56.50%0.05 t
Cambodia22.30%1.14 t
Cameroon26.90%0.36 t
Canada14.18 t
Cape Verde9.40%1.07 t
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic39.80%0.05 t
Chad32.30%0.16 t
Chile1.60%4.22 t
China4.60%7.96 t
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Colombia11.20%1.90 t
Comoros18.80%0.54 t
Congo16.50%1.34 t
Cook Islands4.83 t
Costa Rica9.50%1.54 t
Cote d'Ivoire20.20%0.45 t
Croatia4.51 t
Cuba7.00%1.98 t
Curacao10.46 t
Cyprus5.41 t
Czechia2.50%8.91 t
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of Congo40.30%0.05 t
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Denmark4.82 t
Djibouti18.70%0.43 t
Dominica2.34 t
Dominican Republic5.60%2.71 t
Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
East Germany
East Timor45.10%0.47 t
Ecuador22.70%2.27 t
Egypt20.40%2.41 t
El Salvador10.00%1.24 t
Equatorial Guinea16.10%3.78 t
Eritrea50.20%0.18 t
Estonia1.20%8.71 t
Eswatini21.20%0.89 t
Ethiopia34.40%0.12 t
Ethiopia (former)
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands14.62 t
Federal Republic of Central America
Fiji7.10%1.22 t
Finland6.53 t
France4.43 t
French Guiana
French Polynesia3.20 t
Gabon13.40%2.40 t
Gambia13.60%0.28 t
Georgia4.80%3.04 t
Germany2.10%7.99 t
Ghana12.70%0.61 t
Gibraltar
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Great Colombia
Greece2.20%5.58 t
Greenland10.49 t
Grenada2.74 t
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala43.50%1.07 t
Guernsey
Guinea27.90%0.30 t
Guinea-Bissau27.70%0.15 t
Guyana7.60%4.41 t
Haiti19.50%0.29 t
Honduras17.50%1.00 t
Hong Kong4.22 t
Hungary4.63 t
Iceland9.50 t
India31.70%1.99 t
Indonesia31.00%2.64 t
Iran4.70%8.94 t
Iraq9.90%3.89 t
Ireland7.18 t
Isle of Man
Israel6.70 t
Italy5.71 t
Jamaica6.50%2.51 t
Japan5.00%8.26 t
Jersey
Jordan6.60%1.80 t
Kazakhstan4.90%12.70 t
Kenya18.40%0.39 t
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Wurttemberg
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kiribati14.20%0.52 t
Korea (former)
Kosovo5.06 t
Kuwait6.90%21.24 t
Kyrgyzstan10.30%1.44 t
Laos27.70%3.10 t
Latvia1.80%3.52 t
Lebanon7.40%3.29 t
Lesotho31.80%1.68 t
Liberia26.60%0.15 t
Libya52.20%7.97 t
Liechtenstein3.90 t
Lithuania4.50%4.56 t
Luxembourg11.14 t
Macao1.47 t
Madagascar38.60%0.14 t
Malawi34.00%0.08 t
Malaysia21.90%8.23 t
Maldives13.90%3.85 t
Mali23.80%0.30 t
Malta3.36 t
Marshall Islands30.50%3.74 t
Martinique
Mauritania22.10%0.94 t
Mauritius8.60%3.08 t
Mayotte
Mexico12.60%3.62 t
Micronesia (country)1.30 t
Moldova3.90%1.90 t
Monaco
Mongolia6.10%12.82 t
Montenegro8.20%3.89 t
Montserrat4.76 t
Morocco12.80%1.86 t
Mozambique36.40%0.26 t
Myanmar24.10%0.55 t
Namibia16.80%1.41 t
Nauru14.80%4.76 t
Nepal26.70%0.54 t
Netherlands1.60%7.11 t
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia17.81 t
New Zealand6.16 t
Nicaragua14.90%0.79 t
Niger47.40%0.11 t
Nigeria34.20%0.59 t
Niue4.07 t
Norfolk Island
North Korea16.80%2.13 t
North Macedonia3.70%3.87 t
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway7.48 t
Oman12.70%16.19 t
Orange Free State
Pakistan34.00%0.92 t
Pakistan (former)
Palau12.24 t
Palestine7.50%0.66 t
Panama13.80%2.58 t
Papua New Guinea51.20%0.80 t
Paraguay3.40%1.20 t
Peru10.10%1.64 t
Philippines28.80%1.27 t
Pitcairn
Poland2.30%8.21 t
Portugal3.10%3.91 t
Puerto Rico
Qatar4.40%36.70 t
Republic of Vietnam
Reunion
Romania7.70%3.81 t
Russia12.38 t
Rwanda29.80%0.11 t
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Helena1.98 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.79 t
Saint Lucia2.50%2.74 t
Saint Martin (French part)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon9.25 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.23 t
Samoa7.40%1.17 t
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe10.00%0.71 t
Saudi Arabia12.40%22.48 t
Senegal17.00%0.70 t
Serbia4.60%6.41 t
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles7.20%4.41 t
Sierra Leone26.00%0.15 t
Singapore3.00%8.47 t
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)15.76 t
Slovakia5.76 t
Slovenia6.00 t
Solomon Islands29.80%0.38 t
Somalia18.00%0.03 t
South Africa22.80%6.50 t
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Korea1.70%11.63 t
South Sudan27.90%0.14 t
Spain4.91 t
Sri Lanka15.90%0.87 t
Sudan36.00%0.41 t
Suriname7.60%4.24 t
Sweden3.57 t
Switzerland3.73 t
Syria25.40%1.13 t
Taiwan11.69 t
Tajikistan13.10%0.88 t
Tanzania30.60%0.27 t
Thailand11.80%3.80 t
Togo22.30%0.30 t
Tokelau
Tonga1.80%1.86 t
Trinidad and Tobago8.80%24.27 t
Tunisia8.60%2.64 t
Turkey5.50%5.02 t
Turkmenistan6.70%8.87 t
Turks and Caicos Islands7.74 t
Tuvalu5.20%1.12 t
USSR
Uganda23.40%0.12 t
Ukraine12.30%3.44 t
United Arab Emirates22.06 t
United Kingdom4.60 t
United States3.60%14.87 t
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay6.10%2.31 t
Uzbekistan6.90%3.58 t
Vanuatu31.40%0.71 t
Vatican
Venezuela10.50%3.10 t
Vietnam19.30%2.99 t
Wallis and Futuna2.61 t
West Germany
Western Sahara
Yemen35.10%0.27 t
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen People's Republic
Yugoslavia
Zambia31.40%0.37 t
Zimbabwe21.60%0.65 t
Other
Africa0.99 t
Africa (WHO)31.00%
Americas (WHO)9.20%
Asia4.60 t
Asia (excl. China and India)4.03 t
East Asia & Pacific (World Bank)14.10%
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO)25.10%
Europe6.99 t
Europe & Central Asia (World Bank)4.90%
Europe (WHO)4.90%
Europe (excl. EU-27)8.33 t
Europe (excl. EU-28)9.43 t
European Union (27)6.10 t
European Union (28)5.90 t
High-income countries10.33 t
Latin America & Caribbean (World Bank)11.50%
Low-income countries0.27 t
Lower-middle-income countries1.52 t
Middle East & North Africa (World Bank)15.30%
North America10.44 t
North America (World Bank)3.60%
North America (excl. USA)4.60 t
Oceania9.67 t
South America2.55 t
South Asia (World Bank)31.40%
South-East Asia (WHO)30.10%
Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank)31.50%
Upper-middle-income countries5.95 t
Western Pacific (WHO)10.00%
World22.30%4.65 t
Share of children who are stunted vs. CO₂ emissions per capita

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