Child stunting in Eritrea

52.5% of children under five in Eritrea were stunted in 2010.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1993 to 2010 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Eritrea is for 2010. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Eritrea, 2010 52.5% % of children under 5
Change from 2002 +9.5percentage points 2002: 43.0%

Child stunting in Eritrea 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), 2002 to 2010
Period Eritrea
2010 52.5%
2002 43.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 43.0% in 2002, a change of +9.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1993, when it was 69.6%, the figure has changed by −17.1 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
1993 to 2010 for Eritrea
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