Child stunting in Egypt
12.8% of children under five in Egypt were stunted in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1988.
Egypt, 2021
12.8%
Change from 2014
−9.5percentage points
Child stunting in Egypt 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.
| Period | Egypt |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 12.8% |
| 2014 | 22.3% |
| 2008 | 30.7% |
| 2005 | 23.9% |
| 2003 | 20.2% |
| 2000 | 24.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 22.3% in 2014, a change of −9.5 percentage points.
- Since 1991, when it was 34.9%, the figure has changed by −22.1 percentage points.
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