Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, percentage of children less than 5, male (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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 Region | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, percentage of children less than 5, male (Arab countries,1990–2021)
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value
Min
Max
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Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | Palestine | 1996 |
| 8.3 | Palestine | 2000 |
| 9.4 | Palestine | 2004 |
| 13.4 | Palestine | 2006 |
| 6 | Palestine | 2010 |
| 9.1 | Palestine | 2014 |
| 10.2 | Palestine | 2020 |
| 4.8 | Yemen | 1991 |
| 4.7 | Yemen | 2003 |
| 5.7 | Yemen | 2005 |
| 1.4 | Yemen | 2011 |
| 2.4 | Yemen | 2013 |
| 4.9 | Somalia | 2006 |
| 2.8 | Somalia | 2009 |
| 4.1 | Sudan | 2006 |
| 1.7 | Sudan | 2010 |
| 15.6 | Syria | 1993 |
| 20.2 | Syria | 2001 |
| 19.3 | Syria | 2006 |
| 17.8 | Syria | 2010 |
| 8.5 | Tunisia | 2006 |
| 14.8 | Tunisia | 2012 |
| 18 | Tunisia | 2018 |
| 13.9 | Libya | 1995 |
| 23.2 | Libya | 2007 |
| 30.1 | Libya | 2014 |
| 3.9 | Mauritania | 2000 |
| 2.5 | Mauritania | 2007 |
| 1.3 | Mauritania | 2008 |
| 2.9 | Mauritania | 2011 |
| 1.1 | Mauritania | 2012 |
| 1.2 | Mauritania | 2015 |
| 1.4 | Mauritania | 2018 |
| 1.3 | Mauritania | 2019 |
| 1.3 | Mauritania | 2020 |
| 1.2 | Mauritania | 2021 |
| 11 | Morocco | 1992 |
| 15.4 | Morocco | 1997 |
| 14.4 | Morocco | 2003 |
| 12.6 | Morocco | 2011 |
| 12.4 | Morocco | 2017 |
| 0.6 | Oman | 1994 |
| 1.7 | Oman | 1999 |
| 1.5 | Oman | 2009 |
| 4.4 | Oman | 2014 |
| 4.1 | Oman | 2017 |
| 9 | Algeria | 1992 |
| 13.9 | Algeria | 1995 |
| 14.1 | Algeria | 2000 |
| 15.7 | Algeria | 2002 |
| 13.4 | Algeria | 2006 |
| 12.9 | Algeria | 2012 |
| 5.4 | Comoros | 1996 |
| 20.9 | Comoros | 2000 |
| 11.2 | Comoros | 2012 |
| 0.5 | Djibouti | 2011 |
| 0.6 | Djibouti | 2013 |
| 1.6 | Djibouti | 2019 |
| 15.9 | Egypt | 1991 |
| 14.9 | Egypt | 1992 |
| 14.7 | Egypt | 1995 |
| 8.9 | Egypt | 2003 |
| 14.4 | Egypt | 2005 |
| 19.7 | Egypt | 2008 |
| 16.3 | Egypt | 2014 |
| 5.7 | Iraq | 2000 |
| 15.6 | Iraq | 2006 |
| 11.8 | Iraq | 2011 |
| 6.3 | Iraq | 2018 |
| 9.5 | Jordan | 1990 |
| 4.9 | Jordan | 1997 |
| 4.7 | Jordan | 2002 |
| 7.9 | Jordan | 2009 |
| 5.6 | Jordan | 2012 |
| 11.7 | Jordan | 2019 |
| 5 | Lebanon | 2021 |
| 11.1 | Kuwait | 2001 |
| 6.8 | Kuwait | 2002 |
| 7.6 | Kuwait | 2003 |
| 7.9 | Kuwait | 2004 |
| 7.9 | Kuwait | 2005 |
| 8.9 | Kuwait | 2006 |
| 7.8 | Kuwait | 2007 |
| 9.1 | Kuwait | 2008 |
| 7.7 | Kuwait | 2010 |
| 8.6 | Kuwait | 2011 |
| 10.2 | Kuwait | 2012 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 2013 |
| 8.9 | Kuwait | 2014 |
| 7.3 | Kuwait | 2015 |
| 9.5 | Kuwait | 2016 |
| 9.2 | Kuwait | 2017 |
| 11.5 | Kuwait | 2018 |
| 9.5 | Kuwait | 2019 |
| 12.1 | Kuwait | 2020 |
| 6.3 | Saudi Arabia | 2004 |
| 11.7 | Saudi Arabia | 2017 |
| 11.1 | Saudi Arabia | 2018 |
| 14.4 | Saudi Arabia | 2019 |
| 11.8 | Saudi Arabia | 2020 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, percentage of children less than 5, male (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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