Child stunting in Kiribati

15.2% of children under five in Kiribati were stunted in 2018.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1985 to 2018 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2018 15.2% % of children under 5
Change from 1985 −19.2percentage points 1985: 34.4%

Child stunting in Kiribati 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), 2018 to 2018
Period Kiribati
2018 15.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 34.4% in 1985, a change of −19.2 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
1985 to 2018 for Kiribati
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