Child stunting in Georgia

5.8% of children under five in Georgia were stunted in 2018.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1999 to 2018 Source: World Bank
Georgia, 2018 5.8% % of children under 5
Change from 2009 −6.0percentage points 2009: 11.8%

Child stunting in Georgia 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), 2005 to 2018
Period Georgia
2018 5.8%
2009 11.8%
2005 14.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 11.8% in 2009, a change of −6.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1999, when it was 16.1%, the figure has changed by −10.3 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
1999 to 2018 for Georgia
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