Child stunting in El Salvador
10.0% of children under five in El Salvador were stunted in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1988.
El Salvador, 2021
10.0%
Change from 2014
−3.6percentage points
Child stunting in El Salvador 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 | El Salvador |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 10.0% |
| 2014 | 13.6% |
| 2008 | 20.8% |
| 2003 | 24.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 13.6% in 2014, a change of −3.6 percentage points.
- Since 1988, when it was 36.7%, the figure has changed by −26.7 percentage points.
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72.1 years
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16.1 years
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Healthy life expectancy
62.7 years
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UHC service coverage
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