Child stunting in Chile

1.8% of children under five in Chile were stunted in 2014.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1986 to 2014 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Chile is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Chile, 2014 1.8% % of children under 5
Change from 2013 0percentage points 2013: 1.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2014 1.8% Middle value of 8 countries

Child stunting in Chile 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), 2001 to 2014
Period Chile
2014 1.8%
2013 1.8%
2008 2.0%
2007 2.1%
2006 2.2%
2004 2.4%
2003 2.5%
2002 2.5%
2001 2.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2013.
  • Since 1998, when it was 3.3%, the figure has changed by −1.5 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
1986 to 2014 for Chile
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