Child stunting in Mali

25.1% of children under five in Mali were stunted in 2024.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1987 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2024 25.1% % of children under 5
Change from 2022 +3.3percentage points 2022: 21.8%

Child stunting in Mali 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), 2001 to 2024
Period Mali
2024 25.1%
2022 21.8%
2021 22.1%
2020 23.0%
2019 26.4%
2018 26.9%
2017 24.6%
2016 26.4%
2015 30.4%
2014 28.1%
2011 27.9%
2010 27.8%
2006 37.6%
2001 42.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 21.8% in 2022, a change of +3.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2011, when it was 27.9%, the figure has changed by −2.8 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
1987 to 2024 for Mali
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