West Bank and Gaza · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)
8.7%2020
Publisher note: Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020, Survey Findings Report, Ramallah, Palestine.
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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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | 1996 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 8.7 | The health survey in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: main findings (MICS). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Ramallah, Palestine, 1996 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2000 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 11.5 | Palestine Health Survey 2000 - Main Findings |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2002 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 12.6 | Palestine Nutrition Survey 2002. Ramallah, Palestine: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Reduced age range |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2004 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 11.4 | Palestine Demographic and health Survey 2004 Age calculated using alternate methods |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2006 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 14.3 | Palestinian family health survey, 2006: Final report. Ramallah, Palestine, 2007 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2010 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 11.8 | Final report of the Palestinian family survey 2010 (MICS). Ramallah, State of Palestine: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2013. |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2014 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 8.2 | Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014, Final Report, Ramallah, Palestine |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2020 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 9.6 | Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020, Survey Findings Report, Ramallah, Palestine. |
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.