Child stunting in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

25.3% of children under five in Somalia, Fed. Rep. were stunted in 2009.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1999 to 2009 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Somalia, Fed. Rep. is for 2009. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2009 25.3% % of children under 5
Change from 2006 −16.7percentage points 2006: 42.0%

Child stunting in Somalia, Fed. Rep. over time

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Somalia, Fed. Rep.

% 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), 2006 to 2009
Period Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2009 25.3%
2006 42.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 42.0% in 2006, a change of −16.7 percentage points.
  • Since 1999, when it was 29.2%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.

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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
1999 to 2009 for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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