Child stunting in Armenia

9.4% of children under five in Armenia were stunted in 2016.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1998 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Armenia is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Armenia, 2016 9.4% % of children under 5
Change from 2010 −11.5percentage points 2010: 20.9%

Child stunting in Armenia 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), 2000 to 2016
Period Armenia
2016 9.4%
2010 20.9%
2005 17.9%
2000 17.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 20.9% in 2010, a change of −11.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1998, when it was 15.1%, the figure has changed by −5.7 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
1998 to 2016 for Armenia
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