Child stunting in Finland

2.8% of children under five in Finland were stunted in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2013 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Finland, 2023 2.8% % of children under 5
Change from 2022 +1.0percentage points 2022: 1.8%

Child stunting in Finland 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), 2013 to 2023
Period Finland
2023 2.8%
2022 1.8%
2021 1.3%
2020 1.3%
2019 1.3%
2018 1.3%
2017 1.3%
2016 1.7%
2015 1.7%
2014 1.8%
2013 1.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 1.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1.8%, the figure has changed by +1.0 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
2013 to 2023 for Finland
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