Myanmar · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)
26.7%2018
Publisher note: Myanmar Micronutrient and Food Consumption Survey (MMFCS) 2017-2018 Reduced age range
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 · 8 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 1991 | 53.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition situation of Myanmar children. Report of the National Nutrition Survey 1991. Ragoon, Myanmar, 1994 Age-adjusted; Converted estimate |
| Myanmar | 1994 | 58.7 | Not reported | Not reported | National nutrition survey, 1994. National Nutrition Centre. Yangon, Myanmar, 1995 Age-adjusted; Converted estimate |
| Myanmar | 1997 | 55.4 | Not reported | Not reported | National nutrition survey 1997. National Nutrition Centre. Yangon, Myanmar, 2000 Age-adjusted; Converted estimate |
| Myanmar | 2000 | 40.8 | 39.1 | 42.6 | Union of Myanmar monitoring national programme of action goals though multiple indicator cluster survey 2000. Yangon, Myanmar, 2001 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Myanmar | 2003 | 42.7 | 39.4 | 46.1 | Multiple indicator cluster survey 2003 (MICS). Yangon, Myanmar, 2004 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Myanmar | 2009 | 35.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Myanmar multiple indicator cluster survey 2009 - 2010: Final Report (MICS3). Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar: Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development and Ministry of Health, 2011. |
| Myanmar | 2016 | 29.4 | 27.5 | 31.3 | Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16: Final Report. 2016 |
| Myanmar | 2018 | 26.7 | 25.3 | 28.2 | Myanmar Micronutrient and Food Consumption Survey (MMFCS) 2017-2018 Reduced age range |
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.