Child stunting in Azerbaijan

6.6% of children under five in Azerbaijan were stunted in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Azerbaijan, 2023 6.6% % of children under 5
Change from 2013 −11.2percentage points 2013: 17.8%

Child stunting in Azerbaijan 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 2023
Period Azerbaijan
2023 6.6%
2013 17.8%
2011 16.4%
2006 26.5%
2001 18.0%
2000 24.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 17.8% in 2013, a change of −11.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1996, when it was 28.0%, the figure has changed by −21.4 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 2023 for Azerbaijan
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