Child stunting in Chad

31.9% of children under five in Chad were stunted in 2022.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1997 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Chad, 2022 31.9% % of children under 5
Change from 2021 +0.8percentage points 2021: 31.1%

Child stunting in Chad 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 2022
Period Chad
2022 31.9%
2021 31.1%
2020 30.5%
2019 37.8%
2018 31.9%
2017 32.1%
2015 31.9%
2010 38.7%
2004 44.4%
2000 38.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 31.1% in 2021.
  • Since 1997, when it was 44.5%, the figure has changed by −12.6 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
1997 to 2022 for Chad
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