Child stunting in Djibouti

25.5% of children under five in Djibouti were stunted in 2023.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1989 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Djibouti, 2023 25.5% % of children under 5
Change from 2019 +4.6percentage points 2019: 20.9%

Child stunting in Djibouti 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), 2011 to 2023
Period Djibouti
2023 25.5%
2019 20.9%
2013 28.0%
2011 31.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 20.9% in 2019, a change of +4.6 percentage points.
  • Since 1989, when it was 28.0%, the figure has changed by −2.5 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
1989 to 2023 for Djibouti
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