Child stunting in Burundi

52.8% of children under five in Burundi were stunted in 2024.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1987 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2024 52.8% % of children under 5
Change from 2023 −5.2percentage points 2023: 58.0%

Child stunting in Burundi 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 2024
Period Burundi
2024 52.8%
2023 58.0%
2022 55.8%
2020 50.9%
2019 54.0%
2018 56.6%
2016 55.9%
2012 52.0%
2010 57.6%
2005 57.7%
2000 64.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.2 percentage points from 58.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 64.0%, the figure has changed by −11.2 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
1987 to 2024 for Burundi
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