Child stunting in Fiji

7.2% of children under five in Fiji were stunted in 2021.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1993 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Fiji, 2021 7.2% % of children under 5
Change from 2014 +1.0percentage points 2014: 6.2%

Child stunting in Fiji 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), 2004 to 2021
Period Fiji
2021 7.2%
2014 6.2%
2004 7.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 6.2% in 2014, a change of +1.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1993, when it was 4.3%, the figure has changed by +2.9 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 2021 for Fiji
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