Child stunting in Lebanon

13.9% of children under five in Lebanon were stunted in 2023.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2004 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2023 13.9% % of children under 5
Change from 2021 +6.9percentage points 2021: 7.0%

Child stunting in Lebanon 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), 2004 to 2023
Period Lebanon
2023 13.9%
2021 7.0%
2004 16.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 7.0% in 2021, a change of +6.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2004, when it was 16.5%, the figure has changed by −2.6 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
2004 to 2023 for Lebanon
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