Dominican Republic · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)

6.7%2019

Publisher note: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (ENHOGAR-MICS) 2019

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 independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Dominican Republic198622.319.924.8Encuesta demografica y de salud, 1986. Demographic and Health Surveys. Consejo Nacional de Poblacion y Familia. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1987 Reduced age range
Dominican Republic199121.119.422.9Encuesta demografica y de salud 1991. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1992
Dominican Republic199613.512.215Encuesta demografica y de salud 1996 (DHS). Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demograficos, Asociacion Dominicana Pro Bienestar de la Familia, Oficina Nacional de Planificacion. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1997
Dominican Republic20007.76.29.4Encuesta por conglomerados de indicadores multiples (MICS-2000). Santo Domingo, D.N.: Secretariado Técnico de la Presidencia, Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), 2001
Dominican Republic200211.610.512.9Encuesta demografica y de salud, ENDESA 2002. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana: Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demograficos, 2003
Dominican Republic20068.47.49.5Encuesta nacional de hogares de proposito multiples (ENHOGAR-MICS 2006): Informe general. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana: ONE, 2008 Age calculated using alternate methods; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Dominican Republic200710.19.211Encuesta demográfica y de salud 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM y Macro International Inc., 2008
Dominican Republic20137.16.18.3Encuesta demográfica y de salud 2013. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM y ICF International, 2014
Dominican Republic20196.767.5Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (ENHOGAR-MICS) 2019

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