The Philippines’ child stunting rate among children under 5 rises to 25.3% in 2025, reversing a long period of improvement, according to government figures cited by the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2). The share of under-five children affected is described as roughly one in four children and is up by 1.7 percentage points from 2023. Multiple outlets report that this is the first increase in the stunting rate since 2015. The findings are linked to the 2025 Updating Survey Results, released as part of nutrition data work conducted by the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute. The reporting emphasizes that the increase concerns children aged 0 to 59 months, with stunting assessed in this age group. Edcom 2 presents the results as a cause for concern and highlights the change from earlier years, marking a shift after nearly a decade without a rise.
Philippines stunting rate rises to 25.3% in 2025, first increase in a decade
The Philippines’ child stunting rate among children under 5 rises to 25.3% in 2025, reversing a long period of improvement, according to government figures cited by the Second Congressional Commission...
- Child stunting among Filipino children under 5 reaches 25.3% in 2025, about one in four children.
- The rate increases by 1.7 percentage points from 2023.
- This is the first rise in stunting since 2015 and is described as the first increase in a decade.
- The findings come from the 2025 Updating Survey Results released by the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute.
- The affected age group reported is children aged 0 to 59 months.
The Second Congressional Commission on Education expressed alarm over the findings of the 2025 Updating Survey Results released by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute after it found that the stunting rate among under-five children, especially those aged 0 to 59 months, has reached 25.3 percent, equivalent to roughly one in four children.
14 hours agoChild stunting in the Philippines jumped to 25% in 2025, the first increase in a decade, according to government nutrition data released this week.
1 day agoMANILA, Philippines — For the first time since 2015, stunting among Filipino children under 5 is on the rise, climbing to 25.3 percent last year, affecting one in four children, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) said on Wednesday. The figure, up by 1.7 percent hike from 2023, was taken from the 2025 […]...Keep on reading: Child stunting in PH on the rise, affecting 1 in 4 children
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