UNICEF-WHO-The World Bank: Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) — Levels and Trends – 2025 edition : ReliefWeb
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Child malnutrition estimates for the indicators of stunting, wasting, overweight and underweight describe the magnitude and patterns of malnutrition aligned with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 2.2. The UNICEF-WHO-WB Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates inter-agency group updates the global and regional estimates of prevalence and numbers for each indicator every other year.
Key estimates for the 2025 edition include global, regional and country trends from 2000-2024 for stunting and overweight, with sex-disaggregated estimates for the first time. For wasting and severe wasting, country estimates are based on available primary data sources (e.g., household surveys), and global and regional trends are presented for 2000-2024. Country progress assessments towards the 2030 targets are aggregated into regional summaries and included in the report.
The Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) released in 2025 reveal insufficient progress to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets and SDG target 2.2. Just over one quarter of all countries (28 per cent) are ‘on track’ to halve the number of children affected by stunting by 2030, and assessment of progress to date is not possible for 20 per cent of countries. Even fewer countries are expected to achieve the 2030 target of 3 per cent prevalence for overweight, with just 17 per cent countries currently ‘on track’. Further, an assessment of progress towards the wasting target is not possible for over one third of all countries.
More intensive efforts are needed for the world to achieve the global targets for stunting, wasting and child overweight by 2030. Gaps in the availability of data in some regions makes it challenging to accurately assess progress towards global targets. Regular data collection is critical for monitoring and reporting on country, regional and global progress on child malnutrition.
The Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) released in 2025 reveal insufficient progress to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets and SDG target 2.2. Just over one quarter of all countries (28 per cent) are ‘on track’ to halve the number of children affected by stunting by 2030, and assessment of progress to date is not possible for 20 per cent of countries. Even fewer countries are expected to achieve the 2030 target of 3 per cent prevalence for overweight, with just 17 per cent countries currently ‘on track’. Further, an assessment of progress towards the wasting target is not possible for over one third of all countries.
More intensive efforts are needed for the world to achieve the global targets for stunting, wasting and child overweight by 2030. Gaps in the availability of data in some regions makes it challenging to accurately assess progress towards global targets. Regular data collection is critical for monitoring and reporting on country, regional and global progress on child malnutrition.
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