Burkina Faso · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)

21.1%2021

Publisher note: Enquete Nationale du Nutrition, Burkina Faso 2021 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected

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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CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Burkina Faso199338.737.240.2Enquête démographique et de santé, Burkina Faso 1993. Demographic and Health Surveys. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1994.
Burkina Faso199941.439.743.1Enquête démographique et de santé, Burkina Faso 1998-1999. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland (USA): Macro International Inc., 2000
Burkina Faso200935.133.736.5Enquête nutritionnelle nationale 2009. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Direction de la Nutrition, 2009
Burkina Faso201034.933.536.4Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale 2010: Rapport Definitif Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201134.633.935.3Rapport enquête nutritionnelle nationale 2011. Ouagadougou, Burkona Faso, 2012. Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201232.831.733.9Enquête nutritionnelle nationale 2012. Rapport final. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2012. Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201331.329.832.9Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale, Burkina Faso 2013 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso2014292830.1Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale - Rapport final, Burkina Faso, Décembre 2014 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201530.12931.1Rapport Enquête Nutritionnelle Nationale SMART 2015 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201626.825.528Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale 2016, Rapport Final, Decembre 2016, Burkina Faso Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201721.12022.2Enquête Nutritionnelle Nationale, Burkina Faso 2017 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201824.923.926Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale, Burkina Faso 2018 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Burkina Faso201923.822.824.8Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale, Burkina Faso 2019
Burkina Faso202017.516.418.6Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale, Burkina Faso 2020
Burkina Faso202121.119.922.4Enquete Nationale du Nutrition, Burkina Faso 2021 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected

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