Ratio of children within the area served by the organization who experienced stunting as of the end of the reporting period.
Child Stunting Prevalence (PI3594)
- Reporting Format Decimal
- Metric Type Metric
- Metric Level Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2020. Child Stunting Prevalence (PI3594). v5.1.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source(s) of data.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture the prevalence of stunting among children in the region. Stunting is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a height less than two standard deviations from the median of the WHO's Child Growth Standards, and often results from malnutrition and other factors correlated with poverty.
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Sources for these data at the regional or national level include the World Health Organization (WHO; https://www.who.int/nutrition/databases/en/) and USAID's Demographic and Health Surveys Program Database (https://dhsprogram.com/Data/).
Impact Categories & Themes
SDG Goals & Targets
No Poverty
- SDG Target 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.1
- SDG Target 2.3
- SDG Target 2.4
Good Health and Well-being
- SDG Target 3.1
- SDG Target 3.2
- SDG Target 3.3
- SDG Target 3.4
- SDG Target 3.5
- SDG Target 3.7
- SDG Target 3.8
- SDG Target 3.9
Gender Equality
- SDG Target 5.6
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
Metric History
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January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
New metric. Child Stunting (PI3594) developed via IRIS+ Education Expert Subgroup.