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