Child stunting in Mongolia

8.8% of children under five in Mongolia were stunted in 2023.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1992 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Mongolia, 2023 8.8% % of children under 5
Change from 2018 −0.6percentage points 2018: 9.4%

Child stunting in Mongolia 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), 2000 to 2023
Period Mongolia
2023 8.8%
2018 9.4%
2016 7.3%
2013 10.8%
2010 15.3%
2005 27.5%
2004 23.5%
2000 29.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 9.4% in 2018, a change of −0.6 percentage points.
  • Since 1992, when it was 33.1%, the figure has changed by −24.3 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
1992 to 2023 for Mongolia
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