Child stunting in Serbia

5.4% of children under five in Serbia were stunted in 2019.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2005 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Serbia, 2019 5.4% % of children under 5
Change from 2014 −0.6percentage points 2014: 6.0%
Position in 2019 40th of 46 See the full ranking

Child stunting in Serbia 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 2019
Period Serbia
2019 5.4%
2014 6.0%
2010 6.6%
2005 8.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 6.0% in 2014, a change of −0.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2005, when it was 8.1%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 46 countries with data for 2019, Serbia has the 40th highest value.

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 2019 for Serbia
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