Child stunting in Kuwait
3.2% of children under five in Kuwait were stunted in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Kuwait, 2023
3.2%
Change from 2022
−1.4percentage points
Child stunting in Kuwait over time
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Kuwait
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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.
| Period | Kuwait |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 3.8% |
| 2019 | 4.6% |
| 2018 | 7.0% |
| 2017 | 5.8% |
| 2016 | 6.3% |
| 2015 | 5.2% |
| 2014 | 5.9% |
| 2013 | 5.6% |
| 2012 | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 4.0% |
| 2009 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 5.1% |
| 2007 | 5.1% |
| 2006 | 4.8% |
| 2005 | 4.5% |
| 2004 | 4.1% |
| 2003 | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 3.6% |
| 2001 | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 4.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
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