Child stunting in Seychelles

7.9% of children under five in Seychelles were stunted in 2012.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1988 to 2012 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Seychelles is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Seychelles, 2012 7.9% % of children under 5
Change from 1988 +0.2percentage points 1988: 7.7%

Child stunting in Seychelles 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), 2012 to 2012
Period Seychelles
2012 7.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 7.7% in 1988, a change of +0.2 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
1988 to 2012 for Seychelles
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