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.
Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5 (Arab countries,1990–2022)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 1992 | 15.2 |
| Comoros | 1996 | 22.4 |
| Comoros | 2000 | 25.1 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 16.9 |
| Iraq | 1991 | 10.4 |
| Iraq | 2000 | 12.8 |
| Iraq | 2003 | 10.1 |
| Iraq | 2004 | 8 |
| Iraq | 2006 | 7.1 |
| Iraq | 2011 | 7.2 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 3.9 |
| Libya | 1995 | 4.2 |
| Libya | 2007 | 5.6 |
| Libya | 2014 | 11.7 |
| Morocco | 1992 | 8.1 |
| Morocco | 1997 | 7.7 |
| Morocco | 2003 | 9.8 |
| Morocco | 2011 | 2.9 |
| Morocco | 2017 | 2.6 |
| Morocco | 2019 | 2.8 |
| Syria | 1993 | 11.5 |
| Syria | 1995 | 11.3 |
| Syria | 2000 | 6 |
| Syria | 2001 | 11.5 |
| Syria | 2006 | 10 |
| Syria | 2010 | 10.4 |
| Yemen | 1991 | 29.9 |
| Yemen | 1996 | 34.2 |
| Yemen | 1997 | 43 |
| Yemen | 2003 | 45.3 |
| Yemen | 2005 | 36.7 |
| Yemen | 2011 | 35.5 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 39.9 |
| Palestine | 1996 | 2.5 |
| Palestine | 2000 | 2.2 |
| Palestine | 2002 | 2.4 |
| Palestine | 2004 | 3.3 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 2.6 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 3.7 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 1.4 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 2.1 |
| Egypt | 1991 | 10.5 |
| Egypt | 1992 | 8.2 |
| Egypt | 1995 | 10.8 |
| Egypt | 1997 | 10.2 |
| Egypt | 1998 | 9.4 |
| Egypt | 2003 | 8.7 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 5.4 |
| Egypt | 2008 | 6.8 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 1997 | 3.3 |
| Tunisia | 2000 | 3.5 |
| Tunisia | 2006 | 3.3 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 2.3 |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 1.6 |
| Mauritania | 1996 | 20.3 |
| Mauritania | 2000 | 29.7 |
| Mauritania | 2007 | 25.5 |
| Mauritania | 2008 | 16.5 |
| Mauritania | 2011 | 24.4 |
| Mauritania | 2012 | 20.4 |
| Mauritania | 2015 | 24.9 |
| Mauritania | 2018 | 19.2 |
| Mauritania | 2019 | 17.3 |
| Mauritania | 2020 | 16.8 |
| Mauritania | 2021 | 14.8 |
| Mauritania | 2022 | 22.4 |
| Algeria | 1992 | 9.2 |
| Algeria | 1995 | 11.3 |
| Algeria | 2000 | 5.4 |
| Algeria | 2002 | 11.1 |
| Algeria | 2006 | 3.4 |
| Algeria | 2012 | 3 |
| Algeria | 2019 | 2.7 |
| Djibouti | 1996 | 16 |
| Djibouti | 2011 | 22 |
| Djibouti | 2013 | 26 |
| Djibouti | 2019 | 16.2 |
| Kuwait | 1996 | 1.5 |
| Kuwait | 2001 | 2.2 |
| Kuwait | 2002 | 2.1 |
| Kuwait | 2003 | 2.3 |
| Kuwait | 2004 | 2.8 |
| Kuwait | 2005 | 2.7 |
| Kuwait | 2006 | 2.7 |
| Kuwait | 2007 | 2.9 |
| Kuwait | 2008 | 2.3 |
| Kuwait | 2009 | 1.7 |
| Kuwait | 2010 | 1.7 |
| Kuwait | 2011 | 2.1 |
| Kuwait | 2012 | 2.2 |
| Kuwait | 2013 | 3.1 |
| Kuwait | 2014 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 2015 | 3.2 |
| Kuwait | 2016 | 3.3 |
| Kuwait | 2017 | 3.6 |
| Kuwait | 2018 | 3.7 |
| Kuwait | 2019 | 2.8 |
| Kuwait | 2020 | 2.5 |
| Somalia | 1999 | 22.8 |
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.