Child stunting in Türkiye

6.0% of children under five in Türkiye were stunted in 2018. The value for 2018 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Stunting in children under five % of children under 5 Data: 1993 to 2018 Source: World Bank

Türkiye, 2018 6.0% % of children under 5

Change from 2013 −4.0percentage points 2013: 10.0%

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018 2.7% Middle value of 6 countries

Child stunting in Türkiye over time

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Türkiye

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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.

A dash means no value was published for that period.

The previous available figure was 10.0% in 2013, a change of −4.0 percentage points.
Since 1993, when it was 23.6%, the figure has changed by −17.6 percentage points.

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: 1993 to 2018 for Türkiye
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