Child stunting in Viet Nam
18.2% of children under five in Viet Nam were stunted in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1988.
Viet Nam, 2023
18.2%
Change from 2022
−0.7percentage points
Child stunting in Viet Nam 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.
| Period | Viet Nam |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 18.2% |
| 2022 | 18.9% |
| 2020 | 19.5% |
| 2019 | 22.4% |
| 2018 | 23.2% |
| 2017 | 23.8% |
| 2016 | 24.3% |
| 2015 | 24.6% |
| 2014 | 24.9% |
| 2013 | 25.9% |
| 2012 | 26.7% |
| 2011 | 27.5% |
| 2010 | 22.7% |
| 2009 | 29.3% |
| 2008 | 30.8% |
| 2007 | 31.7% |
| 2006 | 31.7% |
| 2005 | 33.3% |
| 2004 | 33.7% |
| 2003 | 35.4% |
| 2002 | 37.5% |
| 2000 | 42.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 18.9% in 2022.
- Since 2012, when it was 26.7%, the figure has changed by −8.5 percentage points.
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