Child stunting in Belgium

1.9% of children under five in Belgium were stunted in 2023.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2014 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Belgium, 2023 1.9% % of children under 5
Change from 2014 +0.3percentage points 2014: 1.6%

Child stunting in Belgium 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), 2014 to 2023
Period Belgium
2023 1.9%
2014 1.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 1.6% in 2014, a change of +0.3 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
2014 to 2023 for Belgium
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