Ethiopia · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)
36.8%2019
Publisher note: Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey 2019: Final Report. Rockville, Maryland, USA: EPHI and ICF, 2021.
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 · 7 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1992 | 66.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Report on the National Rural Nutrition Survey, Core Module. Transitional Government of Ethiopia, Central Statistical Authority. Statistical Bulletin No 113. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 1993. Adjusted National-Rural to National; Converted estimate |
| Ethiopia | 2000 | 57.4 | 55.6 | 59.2 | Ethiopia demographic and health survey 2000. Demographic and Health Surveys. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA: Central Statistical Authority and ORC Macro, 2001 |
| Ethiopia | 2005 | 50 | 47.7 | 52.2 | Ethiopia demographic and health survey 2005. Demographic and Health Surveys. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA: General Statistical Agency and ORC Macro, 2006 |
| Ethiopia | 2011 | 44.4 | 42.7 | 46.2 | Ethiopia demographic and health survey 2011. Demographic and Health Surveys. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA: Central Statistical Agency and ICF International, 2012 |
| Ethiopia | 2014 | 40.4 | 37.8 | 43 | Ethiopia mini demographic and health survey 2014. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014. |
| Ethiopia | 2016 | 38.3 | 36.5 | 40.2 | Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: CSA and ICF. |
| Ethiopia | 2019 | 36.8 | 34.3 | 39.4 | Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey 2019: Final Report. Rockville, Maryland, USA: EPHI and ICF, 2021. |
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.