Child stunting in Cuba

7.1% of children under five in Cuba were stunted in 2019.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Cuba, 2019 7.1% % of children under 5
Change from 2000 +0.1percentage points 2000: 7.0%
Position in 2019 37th of 46 See the full ranking

Child stunting in Cuba 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 2019
Period Cuba
2019 7.1%
2000 7.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 7.0% in 2000, a change of +0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 46 countries with data for 2019, Cuba has the 37th highest value.

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
2000 to 2019 for Cuba
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