Child stunting in Haiti

22.0% of children under five in Haiti were stunted in 2023.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Haiti, 2023 22.0% % of children under 5
Change from 2017 +0.1percentage points 2017: 21.9%

Child stunting in Haiti 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 2023
Period Haiti
2023 22.0%
2017 21.9%
2013 21.9%
2012 22.0%
2006 29.6%
2000 28.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 21.9% in 2017, a change of +0.1 percentage points.
  • Since 1990, when it was 40.1%, the figure has changed by −18.1 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
1990 to 2023 for Haiti
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