Child stunting in Sri Lanka
10.5% of children under five in Sri Lanka were stunted in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.
Sri Lanka, 2024
10.5%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
Child stunting in Sri Lanka over time
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Sri Lanka
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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.
| Period | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.5% |
| 2023 | 10.3% |
| 2022 | 9.2% |
| 2021 | 7.4% |
| 2020 | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 8.4% |
| 2016 | 17.3% |
| 2012 | 14.6% |
| 2009 | 19.2% |
| 2007 | 18.1% |
| 2000 | 18.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 10.3% in 2023.
- Since 2000, when it was 18.3%, the figure has changed by −7.8 percentage points.
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77.5 years
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Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
17.0 years
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Healthy life expectancy
66.6 years
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UHC service coverage
72
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