Rwanda · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)

33.1%2020

Publisher note: Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report. Kigali, Rwanda, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NISR and ICF.

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
Rwanda	1992	56.8	54.7	58.8	Enquête démographique et de santé, Rwanda 1992. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kigali, Rwanda, 1994
Rwanda	1996	45.4	Not reported	Not reported	National nutrition survey of women and children in Rwanda in 1996. Kigali, République Rwandaise, 1997 Adjusted National-Rural to National; Converted estimate
Rwanda	2000	47.9	46.5	49.4	Enquête démographique et de santé, Rwanda 2000. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kigali, Rwanda et Calverton, Maryland, USA: Ministère de la Santé, Office National de la Population et ORC Macro, 2001
Rwanda	2005	51.4	49.6	53.2	Rwanda demographic and health survey 2005. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, U.S.A.: INSR and ORC Macro, 2006
Rwanda	2009	46.6	Not reported	Not reported	Rwanda Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis 2009 Age-adjusted; Adjusted National-Rural to National
Rwanda	2010	44.3	42.5	46.2	Rwanda demographic and health survey 2010. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: NISR, MOH, and ICF International, 2012
Rwanda	2012	43.8	42	45.7	Rwanda 2012 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis Reduced age range
Rwanda	2015	38.3	36.5	40.1	Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15. Kigali, Rwanda: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning/Rwanda, Ministry of Health/Rwanda, and ICF International
Rwanda	2018	34.8	33.4	36.2	Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis, Rwanda 2018 Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Rwanda	2020	33.1	31.4	34.9	Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report. Kigali, Rwanda, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NISR and ICF.