Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, percentage of children less than 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2021)

Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
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Arab Development Portal
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Arab Region
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Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, percentage of children less than 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2021)
1996 Palestine 4.3
2000 Palestine 8.3
2002 Palestine 3.7
2004 Palestine 8.3
2006 Palestine 9.4
2010 Palestine 4.6
2014 Palestine 7.1
2020 Palestine 6.9
1991 Yemen 10.8
1997 Yemen 3.8
2003 Yemen 5.1
2005 Yemen 6.9
2011 Yemen 1.6
2013 Yemen 2.5
2006 Somalia 4.6
2009 Somalia 3.1
2006 Sudan 4.4
2010 Sudan 1.4
2014 Sudan 2.8
1993 Syria 14.4
2006 Syria 18.1
2010 Syria 18.1
2006 Tunisia 9.2
2012 Tunisia 13.7
2018 Tunisia 16.5
1995 Libya 12.9
2007 Libya 21.6
2014 Libya 29.1
2000 Mauritania 3.7
2007 Mauritania 2.2
2008 Mauritania 0.6
2011 Mauritania 3.5
2012 Mauritania 1.2
2015 Mauritania 1.4
2018 Mauritania 1.6
2019 Mauritania 1.1
2020 Mauritania 1.8
2021 Mauritania 0.8
1992 Morocco 10.6
1997 Morocco 11.9
2011 Morocco 8.9
2017 Morocco 9.3
2019 Morocco 3.6
1994 Oman 1.6
1999 Oman 1.5
2009 Oman 2
2014 Oman 4.4
2017 Oman 4.2
1992 Algeria 8.4
1995 Algeria 12.7
2000 Algeria 15.4
2002 Algeria 14.6
2006 Algeria 12.4
2012 Algeria 12
2019 Algeria 12.1
1996 Comoros 5.9
2000 Comoros 22.2
2012 Comoros 10
2011 Djibouti 0.4
2013 Djibouti 0
2019 Djibouti 1.5
1991 Egypt 13.8
1992 Egypt 13.7
1995 Egypt 14.5
2003 Egypt 9.4
2005 Egypt 13.8
2008 Egypt 21.2
2014 Egypt 15
2000 Iraq 5.4
2006 Iraq 14.3
2011 Iraq 10.8
2018 Iraq 5.7
1990 Jordan 7.5
1997 Jordan 3.7
2002 Jordan 4.3
2009 Jordan 5.2
2012 Jordan 3.8
2019 Jordan 6.7
2021 Lebanon 4.2
2003 Kuwait 6
2004 Kuwait 6.3
2005 Kuwait 7.1
2006 Kuwait 8.4
2007 Kuwait 9.2
2008 Kuwait 9.5
2010 Kuwait 7.9
2011 Kuwait 8
2012 Kuwait 8.9
2013 Kuwait 7.6
2014 Kuwait 8.6
2015 Kuwait 7.7
2016 Kuwait 9
2017 Kuwait 8.9
2018 Kuwait 12.3
2019 Kuwait 10.1
2020 Kuwait 12.2
2017 Saudi Arabia 12.6
2018 Saudi Arabia 11.6
2019 Saudi Arabia 10.6
2020 Saudi Arabia 11.5

Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, percentage of children less than 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2021)

Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
106
Source