Child stunting in Tuvalu

5.7% of children under five in Tuvalu were stunted in 2019.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 2007 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Tuvalu, 2019 5.7% % of children under 5
Change from 2007 −4.3percentage points 2007: 10.0%
Position in 2019 39th of 46 See the full ranking

Child stunting in Tuvalu 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), 2007 to 2019
Period Tuvalu
2019 5.7%
2007 10.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 10.0% in 2007, a change of −4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 46 countries with data for 2019, Tuvalu has the 39th 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
2007 to 2019 for Tuvalu
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