Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls 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 new child growth standards released in 2006.
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Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2022)
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value
Min
Max
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Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | Djibouti | 2013 |
| 11.8 | Iraq | 2000 |
| 6.6 | Iraq | 2006 |
| 6.6 | Iraq | 2011 |
| 4 | Iraq | 2018 |
| 27.8 | Mauritania | 2000 |
| 24.4 | Mauritania | 2007 |
| 14.5 | Mauritania | 2008 |
| 22.9 | Mauritania | 2011 |
| 17.8 | Mauritania | 2012 |
| 22.7 | Mauritania | 2015 |
| 17.1 | Mauritania | 2018 |
| 15.1 | Mauritania | 2019 |
| 16 | Mauritania | 2020 |
| 12.5 | Mauritania | 2021 |
| 19.8 | Mauritania | 2022 |
| 10.4 | Syria | 1993 |
| 9.8 | Syria | 2001 |
| 8.3 | Syria | 2006 |
| 8.9 | Syria | 2010 |
| 2.9 | Tunisia | 2006 |
| 1.4 | Tunisia | 2012 |
| 1.3 | Tunisia | 2018 |
| 28 | Yemen | 1991 |
| 41 | Yemen | 1997 |
| 43.5 | Yemen | 2003 |
| 33.6 | Yemen | 2005 |
| 33.7 | Yemen | 2011 |
| 39 | Yemen | 2013 |
| 8.6 | Algeria | 1992 |
| 10.4 | Algeria | 1995 |
| 5.6 | Algeria | 2000 |
| 9.6 | Algeria | 2002 |
| 3.4 | Algeria | 2006 |
| 3 | Algeria | 2012 |
| 2.4 | Algeria | 2019 |
| 3.8 | Libya | 1995 |
| 4.8 | Libya | 2007 |
| 10.5 | Libya | 2014 |
| 2.4 | Palestine | 1996 |
| 2.4 | Palestine | 2000 |
| 3 | Palestine | 2004 |
| 2.6 | Palestine | 2006 |
| 3.5 | Palestine | 2010 |
| 1.1 | Palestine | 2014 |
| 1.6 | Palestine | 2020 |
| 31.2 | Somalia | 2006 |
| 20.7 | Somalia | 2009 |
| 25.9 | Sudan | 2006 |
| 28.5 | Sudan | 2010 |
| 31.5 | Sudan | 2014 |
| 9 | Egypt | 1991 |
| 7.9 | Egypt | 1992 |
| 9.8 | Egypt | 1995 |
| 7 | Egypt | 2003 |
| 4.2 | Egypt | 2005 |
| 5.4 | Egypt | 2008 |
| 6.2 | Egypt | 2014 |
| 7.7 | Morocco | 1992 |
| 7.2 | Morocco | 1997 |
| 9.2 | Morocco | 2003 |
| 3.2 | Morocco | 2011 |
| 2.5 | Morocco | 2017 |
| 12.2 | Oman | 1999 |
| 8.3 | Oman | 2009 |
| 8.4 | Oman | 2014 |
| 11.4 | Oman | 2017 |
| 21.9 | Comoros | 2000 |
| 16.6 | Comoros | 2012 |
| 4.4 | Jordan | 1990 |
| 3.8 | Jordan | 1997 |
| 3.3 | Jordan | 2002 |
| 2.1 | Jordan | 2009 |
| 2.6 | Jordan | 2012 |
| 2.6 | Jordan | 2019 |
| 2.8 | Lebanon | 2004 |
| 2.8 | Lebanon | 2021 |
| 1.9 | Kuwait | 2001 |
| 1.5 | Kuwait | 2002 |
| 1.9 | Kuwait | 2003 |
| 2.7 | Kuwait | 2004 |
| 2.4 | Kuwait | 2005 |
| 3.4 | Kuwait | 2006 |
| 2.7 | Kuwait | 2007 |
| 1.8 | Kuwait | 2008 |
| 1.5 | Kuwait | 2009 |
| 1.5 | Kuwait | 2010 |
| 1.8 | Kuwait | 2011 |
| 2.3 | Kuwait | 2012 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2013 |
| 2.6 | Kuwait | 2014 |
| 3.3 | Kuwait | 2015 |
| 2.7 | Kuwait | 2016 |
| 2.6 | Kuwait | 2017 |
| 3.1 | Kuwait | 2018 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 2019 |
| 2.1 | Kuwait | 2020 |
| 4.5 | Saudi Arabia | 2004 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls 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 new child growth standards released in 2006.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
98
Source