Arab Region | Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of severe wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
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Arab Region | Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2021)
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value
Min
Max
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Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | Palestine | 1996 |
| 0.7 | Palestine | 2000 |
| 1.3 | Palestine | 2004 |
| 0.7 | Palestine | 2006 |
| 1.1 | Palestine | 2010 |
| 0.3 | Palestine | 2014 |
| 0.6 | Palestine | 2020 |
| 4.6 | Yemen | 1991 |
| 6.2 | Yemen | 1997 |
| 5.5 | Yemen | 2003 |
| 3.7 | Yemen | 2005 |
| 2.3 | Yemen | 2011 |
| 4.8 | Yemen | 2013 |
| 4 | Somalia | 2006 |
| 4 | Somalia | 2009 |
| 5.5 | Sudan | 2006 |
| 3.6 | Sudan | 2010 |
| 3.8 | Sudan | 2014 |
| 3.4 | Syria | 1993 |
| 5.1 | Syria | 2001 |
| 4.3 | Syria | 2006 |
| 5 | Syria | 2010 |
| 1 | Tunisia | 2006 |
| 1.2 | Tunisia | 2012 |
| 1 | Tunisia | 2018 |
| 1.3 | Libya | 1995 |
| 2.5 | Libya | 2007 |
| 5.1 | Libya | 2014 |
| 5.7 | Mauritania | 2000 |
| 3.9 | Mauritania | 2007 |
| 0.8 | Mauritania | 2008 |
| 3.3 | Mauritania | 2011 |
| 1.3 | Mauritania | 2012 |
| 3.1 | Mauritania | 2015 |
| 2 | Mauritania | 2018 |
| 1.4 | Mauritania | 2019 |
| 0.8 | Mauritania | 2020 |
| 1.4 | Mauritania | 2021 |
| 0.9 | Morocco | 1992 |
| 1.8 | Morocco | 1997 |
| 4.6 | Morocco | 2003 |
| 0.9 | Morocco | 2011 |
| 1.3 | Morocco | 2017 |
| 0.9 | Oman | 1999 |
| 0.7 | Oman | 2009 |
| 2.2 | Oman | 2014 |
| 4.2 | Oman | 2017 |
| 3.2 | Algeria | 1992 |
| 3.9 | Algeria | 1995 |
| 0.9 | Algeria | 2000 |
| 5 | Algeria | 2002 |
| 1.8 | Algeria | 2006 |
| 1 | Algeria | 2012 |
| 1 | Algeria | 2019 |
| 5.9 | Comoros | 2000 |
| 4.7 | Comoros | 2012 |
| 3.5 | Djibouti | 2013 |
| 1.6 | Egypt | 1991 |
| 1.7 | Egypt | 1992 |
| 1.9 | Egypt | 1995 |
| 1.9 | Egypt | 2003 |
| 2.4 | Egypt | 2005 |
| 3.6 | Egypt | 2008 |
| 4.7 | Egypt | 2014 |
| 2.3 | Iraq | 2000 |
| 2.5 | Iraq | 2006 |
| 2.6 | Iraq | 2011 |
| 0.7 | Iraq | 2018 |
| 1.1 | Jordan | 1990 |
| 0.7 | Jordan | 1997 |
| 0.7 | Jordan | 2002 |
| 0.1 | Jordan | 2009 |
| 0.8 | Jordan | 2012 |
| 0.7 | Jordan | 2019 |
| 2.6 | Lebanon | 2004 |
| 0.4 | Lebanon | 2021 |
| 0.2 | Kuwait | 2001 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2002 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2003 |
| 0.9 | Kuwait | 2004 |
| 1.3 | Kuwait | 2005 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2006 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2007 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2008 |
| 0.4 | Kuwait | 2009 |
| 0.4 | Kuwait | 2010 |
| 0.4 | Kuwait | 2011 |
| 0.6 | Kuwait | 2012 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2013 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2014 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2015 |
| 0.4 | Kuwait | 2016 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2017 |
| 0.9 | Kuwait | 2018 |
| 0.4 | Kuwait | 2019 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2020 |
| 3.9 | Saudi Arabia | 2004 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of severe wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
97
Source