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"name": "South Sudan", "code": "SSD"}, {"id": 84, "name": "Vietnam", "code": "VNM"}, {"id": 73, "name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "code": "TTO"}, {"id": 71, "name": "Tunisia", "code": "TUN"}, {"id": 17, "name": "Algeria", "code": "DZA"}, {"id": 29, "name": "Barbados", "code": "BRB"}, {"id": 169, "name": "Comoros", "code": "COM"}, {"id": 101, "name": "Pakistan", "code": "PAK"}, {"id": 229, "name": "Saint Lucia", "code": "LCA"}, {"id": 61, "name": "Yemen", "code": "YEM"}, {"id": 94, "name": "Guinea-Bissau", "code": "GNB"}, {"id": 232, "name": "Sao Tome and Principe", "code": "STP"}, {"id": 79, "name": "Sudan", "code": "SDN"}, {"id": 19, "name": "Angola", "code": "AGO"}, {"id": 113, "name": "Mexico", "code": "MEX"}, {"id": 142, "name": "Myanmar", "code": "MMR"}, {"id": 98, "name": "Paraguay", "code": "PRY"}, {"id": 81, "name": "South Africa", "code": "ZAF"}, {"id": 166, "name": "Costa Rica", "code": "CRI"}, {"id": 204, "name": "Kiribati", "code": "KIR"}, {"id": 164, "name": "Cuba", "code": "CUB"}, {"id": 235, "name": "Tonga", "code": "TON"}]}}, "descriptionShort": "The percentage of stunting (defined as more than two standard deviations below the median height-for-age of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under five years of age. Numerator: Number of children aged under five years that meet the criteria for stunting. Denominator: Total number of children aged under five years surveyed.", "descriptionFromProducer": "#### Definition\nThe percentage of stunting (defined as more than two standard deviations below the median height-for-age of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under five years of age. Numerator: Number of children aged under five years that meet the criteria for stunting. Denominator: Total number of children aged under five years surveyed.\n\n#### Method of estimation\nData are derived from re-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS) micro-data which are publicly available using the WHO Child Growth Standards and standardized methodology recommended by the Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (guidance document link below). 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It provides access to over 1000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.", "producer": "World Health Organization", "citationFull": "World Health Organization. 2025. Global Health Observatory data repository. http://www.who.int/gho/en/.", "attribution": "World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2025)", "attributionShort": "WHO", "urlMain": "https://www.who.int/data/gho", "dateAccessed": "2025-05-19", "datePublished": "2025-05-19", "license": {"url": "https://www.who.int/about/policies/publishing/copyright", "name": "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"}}]}