Arab Region | Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of severe wasting, male, is the proportion of boys 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
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Arab Region | Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male, 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 |
| 1.5 | Palestine | 2004 |
| 0.7 | Palestine | 2006 |
| 1 | Palestine | 2010 |
| 0.3 | Palestine | 2014 |
| 0.7 | Palestine | 2020 |
| 6.4 | Yemen | 1991 |
| 7.2 | Yemen | 1997 |
| 7.2 | Yemen | 2003 |
| 5.1 | Yemen | 2005 |
| 4.4 | Yemen | 2011 |
| 5.9 | Yemen | 2013 |
| 4.7 | Somalia | 2006 |
| 4.6 | Somalia | 2009 |
| 5.9 | Sudan | 2006 |
| 4.5 | Sudan | 2010 |
| 5.1 | Sudan | 2014 |
| 5.6 | Syria | 1993 |
| 5.6 | Syria | 2001 |
| 5.3 | Syria | 2006 |
| 5.9 | Syria | 2010 |
| 1.4 | Tunisia | 2006 |
| 2.1 | Tunisia | 2012 |
| 0.9 | Tunisia | 2018 |
| 1.7 | Libya | 1995 |
| 3.3 | Libya | 2007 |
| 5.6 | Libya | 2014 |
| 8.7 | Mauritania | 2000 |
| 3.8 | Mauritania | 2007 |
| 1.4 | Mauritania | 2008 |
| 4.7 | Mauritania | 2011 |
| 2.4 | Mauritania | 2012 |
| 3.8 | Mauritania | 2015 |
| 2.6 | Mauritania | 2018 |
| 2.1 | Mauritania | 2019 |
| 1.2 | Mauritania | 2020 |
| 2.1 | Mauritania | 2021 |
| 1.3 | Morocco | 1992 |
| 2.3 | Morocco | 1997 |
| 5.4 | Morocco | 2003 |
| 1.1 | Morocco | 2011 |
| 0.9 | Morocco | 2017 |
| 1.6 | Oman | 1999 |
| 0.9 | Oman | 2009 |
| 2.5 | Oman | 2014 |
| 2 | Oman | 2017 |
| 2.9 | Algeria | 1992 |
| 4.5 | Algeria | 1995 |
| 1.3 | Algeria | 2000 |
| 5.1 | Algeria | 2002 |
| 1.7 | Algeria | 2006 |
| 1.7 | Algeria | 2012 |
| 1.5 | Algeria | 2019 |
| 8.4 | Comoros | 2000 |
| 4.2 | Comoros | 2012 |
| 3.3 | Djibouti | 2013 |
| 2.9 | Egypt | 1991 |
| 2 | Egypt | 1992 |
| 2.6 | Egypt | 1995 |
| 1.8 | Egypt | 2003 |
| 2.5 | Egypt | 2005 |
| 3.9 | Egypt | 2008 |
| 4.8 | Egypt | 2014 |
| 2.6 | Iraq | 2000 |
| 3 | Iraq | 2006 |
| 2.8 | Iraq | 2011 |
| 1.1 | Iraq | 2018 |
| 1.9 | Jordan | 1990 |
| 0.4 | Jordan | 1997 |
| 1 | Jordan | 2002 |
| 0.3 | Jordan | 2009 |
| 0.5 | Jordan | 2012 |
| 0 | Jordan | 2019 |
| 3.3 | Lebanon | 2004 |
| 0.1 | Lebanon | 2021 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2001 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2002 |
| 0.6 | Kuwait | 2003 |
| 1.2 | Kuwait | 2004 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2005 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2006 |
| 0.8 | Kuwait | 2007 |
| 0.6 | Kuwait | 2008 |
| 0.3 | Kuwait | 2009 |
| 0.8 | Kuwait | 2010 |
| 0.5 | Kuwait | 2011 |
| 0.6 | Kuwait | 2012 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2013 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2014 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2015 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2016 |
| 0.7 | Kuwait | 2017 |
| 0.9 | Kuwait | 2018 |
| 1.2 | Kuwait | 2019 |
| 0.8 | Kuwait | 2020 |
| 5.1 | Saudi Arabia | 2004 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of severe wasting, male, is the proportion of boys 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