Child stunting in Angola

37.6% of children under five in Angola were stunted in 2015.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1996 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Angola is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Angola, 2015 37.6% % of children under 5
Change from 2007 +8.4percentage points 2007: 29.2%

Child stunting in Angola over time

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% of children under 5. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Stunting in children under five (% of children under 5), 2007 to 2015
Period Angola
2015 37.6%
2007 29.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 29.2% in 2007, a change of +8.4 percentage points.
  • Since 1996, when it was 61.1%, the figure has changed by −23.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank, Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.STNT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2015 for Angola
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNICEF, WHO and World Bank, Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates