Stunting is a well-established child health indicator for chronic malnutrition related tornenvironmental and socio-economic circumstances (WHO, 1995 and 1996). According to thern2011 EDHS report by the Ethiopia CSA, nationally, 44 percent of children under age five arernstunted, and 21 percent of children are severely stunted. This study is an attempt to identifyrnsocio-economic, demographic and proximate predictors of stunting among under-five childrenrnin Ethiopia. In this study the data source is the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveyrnconducted in 2011(EDHS 2011) by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA). The survey collectedrninformation on a total of 10,282 children aged less than 60 months out of which 8,487 childrenrnwere considered in this study. In order to meet our objectives descriptive, multiple logisticrnregression and multilevel logistic regression statistical techniques were used for data analysisrnusing socio-economic, demographic and health and environmental variables as explanatoryrnvariables and status of stunting as the response variable. The results of the analysis show thatrnchild's age, educational status of mother, educational status of partners, and low socioeconomicrnstatus were significant risk factors for stunting in under five children in Ethiopia. The results alsornsuggested that children living in rural parts of the country and children from uneducatedrnmothers are at higher risk of stunting