summarize the trends in stunting and compare across regions. You can use the world trends as a reference.

Trends in the percentage of children under 5 affected by stunting, by United Nations region/sub-region, 2000 and 20201 2000 2020 436 37.0 13 1 35. 32 6 M.J 301 2515 Percentage 274 743 13.3 191 20 121 182 10.4 10 11 LE 1.2 1.1 23 19 Oceania! Afrlea Asia Latin America Europe Northern Australia Global Asia Palphisda America and Melanesia Micronesia Caribbean Central Asia Easter Asia Westem Asdat South-eastern Middle Africa! Eastern Africa Western Africa! Southern Asia Caribbean Western Europe Embern Europe South America Northern Europe Southern Africa Northern Africa Southern Europe Central America Zealand Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition Estimates, 2021 edition. Note: 1.Household survey data on child height were not collected in 2020 due to physical distancing policies, with the exception of four surveys. These estimates are therefore based almost entirely on data collected before 2020 and do not take into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, one of the covariates used in the country stunting model takes the impact of COVID-19 partially into account (see page 3) 2. Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand. | Represents regions/sub-regions where the change has been statistically significant. See page 14 for the 95'% confidence intervals for graphed estimates