Child stunting in Gabon

14.4% of children under five in Gabon were stunted in 2020.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2000 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2020 14.4% % of children under 5
Change from 2012 −2.6percentage points 2012: 17.0%

Child stunting in Gabon 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), 2000 to 2020
Period Gabon
2020 14.4%
2012 17.0%
2000 25.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 17.0% in 2012, a change of −2.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 25.9%, the figure has changed by −11.5 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
2000 to 2020 for Gabon
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