Child stunting in Guinea

26.1% of children under five in Guinea were stunted in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1994.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1994 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Guinea, 2022 26.1% % of children under 5
Change from 2018 −4.2percentage points 2018: 30.3%

Child stunting in Guinea 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 2022
Period Guinea
2022 26.1%
2018 30.3%
2016 32.4%
2012 31.1%
2007 34.0%
2005 39.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 30.3% in 2018, a change of −4.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1994, when it was 35.3%, the figure has changed by −9.2 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
1994 to 2022 for Guinea
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