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The percentage of children up to the age of 5 years that are stunted, measured as the percentage that fall below minus two standard deviations from the median height for their age, according to the WHO Child Growth Standards. UNICEF et al. (2016) report an average prevalence of wasting in high-income countries of 2.58%. We assumed this value for high-income countries with missing data.

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SDG Target

The long-term objective for this indicator is a value of 0.

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UNICEF et al.

Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age

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China

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Indonesia

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Nigeria

Pakistan

Russian Federation

United States

Source: UNICEF et al.

SDG 1

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90/day

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20/day

Poverty rate after taxes and transfers

SDG 2

Prevalence of undernourishment

Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age

Prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years of age

Prevalence of obesity, BMI ≥ 30

Human Trophic Level

Cereal yield

Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index

Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age