Stunted children in Costa Rica

Nearby in the ranking

35. Kyrgyzstan 11.5%
36. Iraq 11.0%
37. Algeria 10.0%
38. Costa Rica 8.8%
39. Albania 8.7%
40. Mongolia 8.7%
41. Suriname 8.2%

More about Costa Rica

• Life expectancy
• Child deaths (under 5)
• Mothers dying in childbirth
• Health spending per person
• Measles vaccination
• Overweight adults
• Overweight children
• Homes with piped water
• Homes with a flush toilet
• All figures for Costa Rica

About the data

Unit

% of children under 5

Years

1992–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Global Data Lab

License

Free for non-commercial use with credit; commercial use needs written permission from the Global Data Lab

Credit

Data retrieved from the Health database of the Global Data Lab (v2.1), https://globaldatalab.org/health/