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)
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value
Min
Max
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Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 15.2 | Comoros | 1992 |
| 22.4 | Comoros | 1996 |
| 25.1 | Comoros | 2000 |
| 16.9 | Comoros | 2012 |
| 12.8 | Iraq | 2000 |
| 10.1 | Iraq | 2003 |
| 8 | Iraq | 2004 |
| 7.2 | Iraq | 2011 |
| 3.9 | Iraq | 2018 |
| 4.2 | Libya | 1995 |
| 5.6 | Libya | 2007 |
| 11.7 | Libya | 2014 |
| 8.1 | Morocco | 1992 |
| 7.7 | Morocco | 1997 |
| 9.8 | Morocco | 2003 |
| 2.9 | Morocco | 2011 |
| 2.6 | Morocco | 2017 |
| 2.8 | Morocco | 2019 |
| 11.3 | Syria | 1995 |
| 6 | Syria | 2000 |
| 11.5 | Syria | 2001 |
| 10 | Syria | 2006 |
| 29.9 | Yemen | 1991 |
| 34.2 | Yemen | 1996 |
| 43 | Yemen | 1997 |
| 39.9 | Yemen | 2013 |
| 2.5 | Palestine | 1996 |
| 2.2 | Palestine | 2000 |
| 2.4 | Palestine | 2002 |
| 3.3 | Palestine | 2004 |
| 2.6 | Palestine | 2006 |
| 3.7 | Palestine | 2010 |
| 2.1 | Palestine | 2020 |
| 10.5 | Egypt | 1991 |
| 8.2 | Egypt | 1992 |
| 10.8 | Egypt | 1995 |
| 8.7 | Egypt | 2003 |
| 5.4 | Egypt | 2005 |
| 7 | Egypt | 2014 |
| 3.5 | Tunisia | 2000 |
| 3.3 | Tunisia | 2006 |
| 2.3 | Tunisia | 2012 |
| 1.6 | Tunisia | 2018 |
| 20.3 | Mauritania | 1996 |
| 25.5 | Mauritania | 2007 |
| 16.5 | Mauritania | 2008 |
| 24.4 | Mauritania | 2011 |
| 20.4 | Mauritania | 2012 |
| 19.2 | Mauritania | 2018 |
| 17.3 | Mauritania | 2019 |
| 16.8 | Mauritania | 2020 |
| 9.2 | Algeria | 1992 |
| 11.3 | Algeria | 1995 |
| 11.1 | Algeria | 2002 |
| 3.4 | Algeria | 2006 |
| 2.7 | Algeria | 2019 |
| 16 | Djibouti | 1996 |
| 22 | Djibouti | 2011 |
| 26 | Djibouti | 2013 |
| 1.5 | Kuwait | 1996 |
| 2.2 | Kuwait | 2001 |
| 2.1 | Kuwait | 2002 |
| 2.3 | Kuwait | 2003 |
| 2.7 | Kuwait | 2005 |
| 2.7 | Kuwait | 2006 |
| 2.3 | Kuwait | 2008 |
| 1.7 | Kuwait | 2009 |
| 1.7 | Kuwait | 2010 |
| 2.1 | Kuwait | 2011 |
| 2.2 | Kuwait | 2012 |
| 3.1 | Kuwait | 2013 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2014 |
| 3.2 | Kuwait | 2015 |
| 3.3 | Kuwait | 2016 |
| 3.6 | Kuwait | 2017 |
| 2.8 | Kuwait | 2019 |
| 2.5 | Kuwait | 2020 |
| 22.8 | Somalia | 1999 |
| 32.8 | Somalia | 2006 |
| 13.5 | Saudi Arabia | 1994 |
| 5.3 | Saudi Arabia | 2004 |
| 5.8 | Saudi Arabia | 2015 |
| 6.2 | Saudi Arabia | 2017 |
| 3.3 | Saudi Arabia | 2018 |
| 3.5 | Saudi Arabia | 2020 |
| 5.1 | Jordan | 1990 |
| 3.7 | Jordan | 2002 |
| 1.9 | Jordan | 2009 |
| 3 | Jordan | 2012 |
| 2.7 | Jordan | 2019 |
| 27 | Sudan | 2006 |
| 29.8 | Sudan | 2010 |
| 33 | Sudan | 2014 |
| 10.7 | Oman | 1994 |
| 13 | Oman | 1999 |
| 8.6 | Oman | 2009 |
| 9.7 | Oman | 2014 |
| 7.6 | Bahrain | 1995 |
| 4.2 | Lebanon | 2004 |
| 3.4 | Lebanon | 2021 |
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