Child stunting in Thailand

12.4% of children under five in Thailand were stunted in 2022.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1987 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Thailand, 2022 12.4% % of children under 5
Change from 2019 −1.0percentage points 2019: 13.4%

Child stunting in Thailand 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), 2006 to 2022
Period Thailand
2022 12.4%
2019 13.4%
2016 10.5%
2012 16.4%
2006 15.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 13.4% in 2019, a change of −1.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1987, when it was 25.5%, the figure has changed by −13.1 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
1987 to 2022 for Thailand
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