Child stunting in Montenegro

7.2% of children under five in Montenegro were stunted in 2018.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2005 to 2018 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2018 7.2% % of children under 5
Change from 2013 −2.2percentage points 2013: 9.4%

Child stunting in Montenegro 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), 2005 to 2018
Period Montenegro
2018 7.2%
2013 9.4%
2005 7.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 9.4% in 2013, a change of −2.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2005, when it was 7.9%, the figure has changed by −0.7 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
2005 to 2018 for Montenegro
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