Child stunting in Uzbekistan

6.5% of children under five in Uzbekistan were stunted in 2021.

Measure: Stunting in children under five Unit: % of children under 5 Data: 1996 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Uzbekistan, 2021 6.5% % of children under 5
Change from 2017 −4.3percentage points 2017: 10.8%

Child stunting in Uzbekistan 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), 2002 to 2021
Period Uzbekistan
2021 6.5%
2017 10.8%
2006 19.6%
2002 24.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 10.8% in 2017, a change of −4.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1996, when it was 37.2%, the figure has changed by −30.7 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
1996 to 2021 for Uzbekistan
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