Child stunting in Poland

1.0% of children under five in Poland were stunted in 2018.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2009 to 2018 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2018 1.0% % of children under 5
Change from 2014 −1.6percentage points 2014: 2.6%

Child stunting in Poland 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), 2009 to 2018
Period Poland
2018 1.0%
2014 2.6%
2011 0.8%
2009 2.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 2.6% in 2014, a change of −1.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2009, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by −1.9 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
2009 to 2018 for Poland
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