Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's child growth standards released in 2006.
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Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Comoros | 15.2 |
| 1996 | Comoros | 22.4 |
| 2000 | Comoros | 25.1 |
| 2012 | Comoros | 16.9 |
| 2000 | Iraq | 12.8 |
| 2003 | Iraq | 10.1 |
| 2004 | Iraq | 8 |
| 2011 | Iraq | 7.2 |
| 2018 | Iraq | 3.9 |
| 1995 | Libya | 4.2 |
| 2007 | Libya | 5.6 |
| 2014 | Libya | 11.7 |
| 1992 | Morocco | 8.1 |
| 1997 | Morocco | 7.7 |
| 2003 | Morocco | 9.8 |
| 2011 | Morocco | 2.9 |
| 2017 | Morocco | 2.6 |
| 2019 | Morocco | 2.8 |
| 1995 | Syria | 11.3 |
| 2000 | Syria | 6 |
| 2001 | Syria | 11.5 |
| 2006 | Syria | 10 |
| 1991 | Yemen | 29.9 |
| 1996 | Yemen | 34.2 |
| 1997 | Yemen | 43 |
| 2013 | Yemen | 39.9 |
| 1996 | Palestine | 2.5 |
| 2000 | Palestine | 2.2 |
| 2002 | Palestine | 2.4 |
| 2004 | Palestine | 3.3 |
| 2006 | Palestine | 2.6 |
| 2010 | Palestine | 3.7 |
| 2020 | Palestine | 2.1 |
| 1991 | Egypt | 10.5 |
| 1992 | Egypt | 8.2 |
| 1995 | Egypt | 10.8 |
| 2003 | Egypt | 8.7 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 5.4 |
| 2014 | Egypt | 7 |
| 2000 | Tunisia | 3.5 |
| 2006 | Tunisia | 3.3 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 2.3 |
| 2018 | Tunisia | 1.6 |
| 1996 | Mauritania | 20.3 |
| 2007 | Mauritania | 25.5 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 16.5 |
| 2011 | Mauritania | 24.4 |
| 2012 | Mauritania | 20.4 |
| 2018 | Mauritania | 19.2 |
| 2019 | Mauritania | 17.3 |
| 2020 | Mauritania | 16.8 |
| 1992 | Algeria | 9.2 |
| 1995 | Algeria | 11.3 |
| 2002 | Algeria | 11.1 |
| 2006 | Algeria | 3.4 |
| 2019 | Algeria | 2.7 |
| 1996 | Djibouti | 16 |
| 2011 | Djibouti | 22 |
| 2013 | Djibouti | 26 |
| 1996 | Kuwait | 1.5 |
| 2001 | Kuwait | 2.2 |
| 2002 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
| 2003 | Kuwait | 2.3 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 2.3 |
| 2009 | Kuwait | 1.7 |
| 2010 | Kuwait | 1.7 |
| 2011 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
| 2012 | Kuwait | 2.2 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
| 2014 | Kuwait | 3 |
| 2015 | Kuwait | 3.2 |
| 2016 | Kuwait | 3.3 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 3.6 |
| 2019 | Kuwait | 2.8 |
| 2020 | Kuwait | 2.5 |
| 1999 | Somalia | 22.8 |
| 2006 | Somalia | 32.8 |
| 1994 | Saudi Arabia | 13.5 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 5.3 |
| 2015 | Saudi Arabia | 5.8 |
| 2017 | Saudi Arabia | 6.2 |
| 2018 | Saudi Arabia | 3.3 |
| 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 3.5 |
| 1990 | Jordan | 5.1 |
| 2002 | Jordan | 3.7 |
| 2009 | Jordan | 1.9 |
| 2012 | Jordan | 3 |
| 2019 | Jordan | 2.7 |
| 2006 | Sudan | 27 |
| 2010 | Sudan | 29.8 |
| 2014 | Sudan | 33 |
| 1994 | Oman | 10.7 |
| 1999 | Oman | 13 |
| 2009 | Oman | 8.6 |
| 2014 | Oman | 9.7 |
| 1995 | Bahrain | 7.6 |
| 2004 | Lebanon | 4.2 |
| 2021 | Lebanon | 3.4 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's child growth standards released in 2006.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
129
Source