Bhutan · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)
17.9%2023
Publisher note: 5th National Health Survey: Integrated Stepwise Household Survey 2023. Thimphu, Bhutan: Ministry of Health; 2024
Unit: percent of children under age 5. Publisher measure: Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% height-for-age <-2 SD), survey-based estimates.
Height-for-age below -2 SD, WHO country-level survey estimates, both sexes, no additional disaggregation; not model-based annual interpolation. Reference years are irregular survey labels; fieldwork windows were not supplied by the retained projection. Matching year labels do not prove matching collection periods.
Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.
Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 5 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 1987 | 60.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Report on the national nutrition survey. Bhutan; December 1989. Converted estimate |
| Bhutan | 1999 | 47.7 | 43.6 | 51.9 | National anthropometric survey of under five children in Bhutan. Division of Health Services. Thimpu, Bhutan, 1999 Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Bhutan | 2008 | 34.9 | 31.5 | 38.5 | National Nutrition, Infant & Young Child Feeding Survey 2008. Thimphu, Bhutan: Ministry of Health and UN. Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Bhutan | 2010 | 33.5 | 31.5 | 35.6 | Bhutan multiple indicator cluster survey (BMIS) 2010. Thimphu, Bhutan: NSB, May 2011 |
| Bhutan | 2023 | 17.9 | Not reported | Not reported | 5th National Health Survey: Integrated Stepwise Household Survey 2023. Thimphu, Bhutan: Ministry of Health; 2024 |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.