Child stunting in Côte d'Ivoire

23.4% of children under five in Côte d'Ivoire were stunted in 2021.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1986 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Côte d'Ivoire, 2021 23.4% % of children under 5
Change from 2016 +1.8percentage points 2016: 21.6%

Child stunting in Côte d'Ivoire 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), 2007 to 2021
Period Côte d'Ivoire
2021 23.4%
2016 21.6%
2012 29.9%
2011 27.2%
2007 39.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 21.6% in 2016, a change of +1.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1986, when it was 19.6%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.

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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 2021 for Côte d'Ivoire
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