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, 2021. Child Stunting Prevalence (PI3594). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source of data.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture the prevalence of stunting among children in the region served by the organization. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines stunting as height less than two standard deviations from the median of the WHO's Child Growth Standards. Stunting 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 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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June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
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January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
New metric. Child Stunting (PI3594) was developed via the IRIS+ Education Expert Subgroup.