Arab Region | Prevalence of stunting, height for age, percentage of children less than 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Arab Region | Prevalence of stunting, height for age, percentage of children less than 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1991 | 34.9 |
| Egypt | 1992 | 31.1 |
| Egypt | 1995 | 34.8 |
| Egypt | 1997 | 30.9 |
| Egypt | 1998 | 26.3 |
| Egypt | 2000 | 24.4 |
| Egypt | 2003 | 20.2 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 23.9 |
| Egypt | 2008 | 30.7 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 22.3 |
| Jordan | 1990 | 20 |
| Jordan | 1997 | 11.1 |
| Jordan | 2002 | 11.7 |
| Jordan | 2009 | 8.2 |
| Jordan | 2012 | 7.8 |
| Jordan | 2019 | 7.4 |
| Libya | 1995 | 21.1 |
| Libya | 2007 | 21 |
| Libya | 2014 | 38.1 |
| Kuwait | 1996 | 5 |
| Kuwait | 2001 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 2002 | 3.6 |
| Kuwait | 2003 | 3.9 |
| Kuwait | 2004 | 4.1 |
| Kuwait | 2005 | 4.5 |
| Kuwait | 2006 | 4.6 |
| Kuwait | 2007 | 5.1 |
| Kuwait | 2008 | 5.1 |
| Kuwait | 2009 | 3.8 |
| Kuwait | 2010 | 4.1 |
| Kuwait | 2011 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 4.3 |
| Kuwait | 2013 | 4.8 |
| Kuwait | 2014 | 5.8 |
| Kuwait | 2015 | 5.2 |
| Kuwait | 2016 | 6.3 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 5.8 |
| Kuwait | 2018 | 7.5 |
| Kuwait | 2019 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 2020 | 6.4 |
| Palestine | 1996 | 7.8 |
| Palestine | 2000 | 10.7 |
| Palestine | 2002 | 11.4 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 10.5 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 13.6 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 10.9 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 7.4 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 8.7 |
| Sudan | 2006 | 38.3 |
| Sudan | 2010 | 34.1 |
| Sudan | 2014 | 38.2 |
| Tunisia | 1997 | 11.9 |
| Tunisia | 2000 | 16.8 |
| Tunisia | 2006 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 10.1 |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 8.4 |
| Algeria | 1992 | 22.9 |
| Algeria | 1995 | 22.6 |
| Algeria | 2000 | 23.6 |
| Algeria | 2002 | 24 |
| Algeria | 2006 | 15.4 |
| Algeria | 2012 | 11.7 |
| Algeria | 2019 | 9.8 |
| Iraq | 1991 | 27.6 |
| Iraq | 2000 | 28.1 |
| Iraq | 2003 | 33.7 |
| Iraq | 2004 | 20 |
| Iraq | 2006 | 27.5 |
| Iraq | 2011 | 22.1 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 12.6 |
| Somalia | 1999 | 29.2 |
| Somalia | 2006 | 42 |
| Somalia | 2009 | 25.3 |
| Comoros | 1992 | 38.5 |
| Comoros | 1996 | 38.7 |
| Comoros | 2000 | 46.9 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 31.1 |
| Oman | 1991 | 24.2 |
| Oman | 1994 | 21.4 |
| Oman | 1999 | 15.8 |
| Oman | 2009 | 9.8 |
| Oman | 2014 | 14.1 |
| Oman | 2017 | 11.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1994 | 21.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 9.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 13.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 17.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 17.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2018 | 11.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2019 | 13.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 10.8 |
| Syria | 1993 | 32.8 |
| Syria | 1995 | 26.5 |
| Syria | 2000 | 24.3 |
| Syria | 2001 | 31.7 |
| Syria | 2006 | 28.7 |
| Syria | 2010 | 27.9 |
| Djibouti | 1996 | 31.7 |
| Djibouti | 2011 | 31 |
| Djibouti | 2013 | 28 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of stunting, height for age, percentage of children less than 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.