Uganda · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)
24.4%2022
Publisher note: Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS. 2023
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 · 13 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1988 | 47.7 | 45.3 | 50.1 | Uganda demographic and health survey 1988/89. Demographic and Health Surveys. Ministry of Health. Entebbe, Uganda, 1989 Age calculated using alternate methods; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Uganda | 1995 | 45.2 | 43.4 | 47.1 | Uganda demographic and health survey 1995. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: Statistics Department and Macro International Inc., 1996 Reduced age range |
| Uganda | 2000 | 44.9 | 42.9 | 46.9 | Uganda demographic and health survey 2000-2001. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: UBOS and ORC Macro, 2001 |
| Uganda | 2006 | 38.4 | 36.1 | 40.7 | Uganda demographic and health survey 2006. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: UBOS and Macro International Inc., 2007 |
| Uganda | 2009 | 38.2 | 35.5 | 41 | The Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) 2009/10 |
| Uganda | 2011 | 33.5 | 30.9 | 36.2 | Uganda demographic and health survey 2011. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS and Calverton, Maryland: ICF International Inc., 2012 |
| Uganda | 2012 | 33.7 | 29.8 | 37.9 | Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) - Wave III. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS, 2013 |
| Uganda | 2014 | 34 | 31.4 | 36.6 | The Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) 2013/14 |
| Uganda | 2015 | 30.4 | 26.2 | 35 | Uganda National Panel Survey 2015-16 Reduced age range |
| Uganda | 2016 | 28.9 | 27.3 | 30.5 | Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Kampala, Uganda and Rockville, Maryland, USA: UBOS and ICF. 2018 |
| Uganda | 2018 | 23.9 | 21.3 | 26.7 | Uganda National Panel Survey 2018-2019 |
| Uganda | 2020 | 25.4 | 22.5 | 28.5 | Uganda National Panel Survey 2019-2020 |
| Uganda | 2022 | 24.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS. 2023 |
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.