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)
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Djibouti | 28.1 |
| 2000 | Iraq | 11.8 |
| 2006 | Iraq | 6.6 |
| 2011 | Iraq | 6.6 |
| 2018 | Iraq | 4 |
| 2000 | Mauritania | 27.8 |
| 2007 | Mauritania | 24.4 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 14.5 |
| 2011 | Mauritania | 22.9 |
| 2012 | Mauritania | 17.8 |
| 2015 | Mauritania | 22.7 |
| 2018 | Mauritania | 17.1 |
| 2019 | Mauritania | 15.1 |
| 2020 | Mauritania | 16 |
| 2021 | Mauritania | 12.5 |
| 2022 | Mauritania | 19.8 |
| 1993 | Syria | 10.4 |
| 2001 | Syria | 9.8 |
| 2006 | Syria | 8.3 |
| 2010 | Syria | 8.9 |
| 2006 | Tunisia | 2.9 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 1.4 |
| 2018 | Tunisia | 1.3 |
| 1991 | Yemen | 28 |
| 1997 | Yemen | 41 |
| 2003 | Yemen | 43.5 |
| 2005 | Yemen | 33.6 |
| 2011 | Yemen | 33.7 |
| 2013 | Yemen | 39 |
| 1992 | Algeria | 8.6 |
| 1995 | Algeria | 10.4 |
| 2000 | Algeria | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Algeria | 9.6 |
| 2006 | Algeria | 3.4 |
| 2012 | Algeria | 3 |
| 2019 | Algeria | 2.4 |
| 1995 | Libya | 3.8 |
| 2007 | Libya | 4.8 |
| 2014 | Libya | 10.5 |
| 1996 | Palestine | 2.4 |
| 2000 | Palestine | 2.4 |
| 2004 | Palestine | 3 |
| 2006 | Palestine | 2.6 |
| 2010 | Palestine | 3.5 |
| 2014 | Palestine | 1.1 |
| 2020 | Palestine | 1.6 |
| 2006 | Somalia | 31.2 |
| 2009 | Somalia | 20.7 |
| 2006 | Sudan | 25.9 |
| 2010 | Sudan | 28.5 |
| 2014 | Sudan | 31.5 |
| 1991 | Egypt | 9 |
| 1992 | Egypt | 7.9 |
| 1995 | Egypt | 9.8 |
| 2003 | Egypt | 7 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 4.2 |
| 2008 | Egypt | 5.4 |
| 2014 | Egypt | 6.2 |
| 1992 | Morocco | 7.7 |
| 1997 | Morocco | 7.2 |
| 2003 | Morocco | 9.2 |
| 2011 | Morocco | 3.2 |
| 2017 | Morocco | 2.5 |
| 1999 | Oman | 12.2 |
| 2009 | Oman | 8.3 |
| 2014 | Oman | 8.4 |
| 2017 | Oman | 11.4 |
| 2000 | Comoros | 21.9 |
| 2012 | Comoros | 16.6 |
| 1990 | Jordan | 4.4 |
| 1997 | Jordan | 3.8 |
| 2002 | Jordan | 3.3 |
| 2009 | Jordan | 2.1 |
| 2012 | Jordan | 2.6 |
| 2019 | Jordan | 2.6 |
| 2004 | Lebanon | 2.8 |
| 2021 | Lebanon | 2.8 |
| 2001 | Kuwait | 1.9 |
| 2002 | Kuwait | 1.5 |
| 2003 | Kuwait | 1.9 |
| 2004 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 2.4 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 3.4 |
| 2007 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 1.8 |
| 2009 | Kuwait | 1.5 |
| 2010 | Kuwait | 1.5 |
| 2011 | Kuwait | 1.8 |
| 2012 | Kuwait | 2.3 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 3 |
| 2014 | Kuwait | 2.6 |
| 2015 | Kuwait | 3.3 |
| 2016 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 2.6 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
| 2019 | Kuwait | 2 |
| 2020 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 4.5 |
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