Child stunting in Bulgaria

7.0% of children under five in Bulgaria were stunted in 2014.

Stunting in children under five % of children under 5 Data: 2004 to 2014 Source: World Bank

The latest value for Bulgaria is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2019.

Bulgaria, 2014 7.0% % of children under 5

Change from 2007 −2.2percentage points 2007: 9.2%

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2014 1.8% Middle value of 5 countries

Child stunting in Bulgaria over time

From

Bulgaria

The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.

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

A dash means no value was published for that period.

The previous available figure was 9.2% in 2007, a change of −2.2 percentage points.
Since 2004, when it was 8.8%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.

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: 2004 to 2014 for Bulgaria
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