Child stunting in Libya

7.9% of children under five in Libya were stunted in 2022.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1995 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2022 7.9% % of children under 5
Change from 2014 −30.2percentage points 2014: 38.1%

Child stunting in Libya 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), 2007 to 2022
Period Libya
2022 7.9%
2014 38.1%
2007 21.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 38.1% in 2014, a change of −30.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1995, when it was 21.1%, the figure has changed by −13.2 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
1995 to 2022 for Libya
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