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  "id": "report-ndhs-2024-stunting",
  "slug": "child-stunting-nigeria-2024",
  "title": "Child stunting across Nigeria",
  "summary": "An estimated 40% of Nigerian children under age 5 are stunted. State estimates range from 12% in Rivers to 65% in Katsina.",
  "focusId": "health-nutrition",
  "status": "verified",
  "verificationTier": "document-verified",
  "indicatorCode": "NDHS_HAZ_BELOW_MINUS_2SD",
  "indicatorDefinition": "Percentage of children under age 5 whose height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards.",
  "unit": "%",
  "latestPeriod": "2024",
  "latestValue": 40,
  "geography": "Nigeria",
  "methodology": "The NDHS uses a stratified two-stage sample across 36 states and the FCT. Height-for-age estimates use the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards. This prototype checks the published report and map; survey-weighted microdata reproduction is the next verification tier.",
  "reviewTool": "R survey for complex-sample reproduction; PDF table and map extraction checked independently",
  "reviewerPolicy": "Methodologist review required before publication",
  "source": {
    "id": "source-ndhs-2024-final",
    "publisher": "National Population Commission (Nigeria) and ICF",
    "title": "Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2024",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://health.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NDHS-2024-Final-Report_Disseminated17102025.pdf",
    "publishedAt": "2025-10",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-08-13",
    "fieldworkStart": "2023-12-01",
    "fieldworkEnd": "2024-05-07",
    "referencePeriod": "1 December 2023–7 May 2024",
    "documentKind": "survey report",
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    "archiveKey": "health/ndhs/2024/NDHS-2024-Final-Report.pdf",
    "pageOrTable": "Map 11.1, PDF page 348 (printed page 304)"
  },
  "timeline": [
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 37,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Nigeria"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 40,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Nigeria"
    }
  ],
  "stateObservations": [
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 65,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Katsina"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 64,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Zamfara"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 62,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Bauchi"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 60,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Kebbi"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 56,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Jigawa"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 55,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Yobe"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 52,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Kano"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 51,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Gombe"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 49,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Adamawa"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 46,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Plateau"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 46,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Taraba"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 44,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Niger"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 43,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Sokoto"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 41,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Borno"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 41,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Kaduna"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 41,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Kwara"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 35,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Kogi"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 35,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Nasarawa"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 32,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Ebonyi"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 31,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Osun"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 28,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Bayelsa"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 25,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Benue"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 24,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Akwa Ibom"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 23,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Ondo"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 23,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Oyo"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 21,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Cross River"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 20,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Abia"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 20,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Delta"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 18,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Ogun"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 17,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Ekiti"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 17,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Imo"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 17,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Lagos"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 16,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "FCT"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 15,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Enugu"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 14,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Edo"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 13,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Anambra"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 12,
      "unit": "%",
      "geography": "Rivers"
    }
  ],
  "verifiedAt": "2026-08-13T20:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-13T20:00:00.000Z",
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    "valid": true,
    "findings": [
      {
        "code": "MICRODATA_PENDING",
        "severity": "warning",
        "message": "Published document checked; microdata reproduction remains pending."
      }
    ]
  }
}