Child stunting in Tonga

2.2% of children under five in Tonga were stunted in 2019.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1986 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Tonga, 2019 2.2% % of children under 5
Change from 2012 −5.9percentage points 2012: 8.1%
Position in 2019 43rd of 46 See the full ranking

Child stunting in Tonga 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 2019
Period Tonga
2019 2.2%
2012 8.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 8.1% in 2012, a change of −5.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1986, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 46 countries with data for 2019, Tonga has the 43rd 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
1986 to 2019 for Tonga
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