Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5, male (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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
Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5, male (Arab countries,1990–2022)
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Egypt | 11.9 |
| 1992 | Egypt | 8.6 |
| 1995 | Egypt | 11.6 |
| 2003 | Egypt | 10.1 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 6.6 |
| 2008 | Egypt | 8.1 |
| 2014 | Egypt | 7.7 |
| 2000 | Comoros | 28.1 |
| 2012 | Comoros | 17.2 |
| 1995 | Libya | 4.6 |
| 2007 | Libya | 6.3 |
| 2014 | Libya | 13 |
| 1999 | Oman | 13.8 |
| 2009 | Oman | 8.9 |
| 2014 | Oman | 11 |
| 2017 | Oman | 11.1 |
| 2006 | Tunisia | 3.7 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 3.2 |
| 2018 | Tunisia | 1.8 |
| 1991 | Yemen | 31.8 |
| 1997 | Yemen | 44.9 |
| 2003 | Yemen | 46.9 |
| 2005 | Yemen | 39.6 |
| 2011 | Yemen | 37.1 |
| 2013 | Yemen | 40.9 |
| 1990 | Jordan | 5.8 |
| 1997 | Jordan | 3.9 |
| 2002 | Jordan | 4.2 |
| 2009 | Jordan | 1.6 |
| 2012 | Jordan | 3.4 |
| 2019 | Jordan | 2.9 |
| 1992 | Morocco | 8.4 |
| 1997 | Morocco | 8.2 |
| 2003 | Morocco | 10.5 |
| 2011 | Morocco | 2.7 |
| 2017 | Morocco | 2.6 |
| 1993 | Syria | 12.5 |
| 2001 | Syria | 13.1 |
| 2006 | Syria | 11.6 |
| 2010 | Syria | 11.8 |
| 2000 | Iraq | 13.8 |
| 2006 | Iraq | 7.6 |
| 2011 | Iraq | 7.8 |
| 2018 | Iraq | 3.9 |
| 2000 | Mauritania | 31.4 |
| 2007 | Mauritania | 26.4 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 18.3 |
| 2011 | Mauritania | 25.8 |
| 2012 | Mauritania | 22.8 |
| 2015 | Mauritania | 27 |
| 2018 | Mauritania | 21.2 |
| 2019 | Mauritania | 19.4 |
| 2020 | Mauritania | 17.6 |
| 2021 | Mauritania | 17.1 |
| 2022 | Mauritania | 25 |
| 2006 | Sudan | 28.1 |
| 2010 | Sudan | 31 |
| 2014 | Sudan | 34.6 |
| 2013 | Djibouti | 24.2 |
| 1996 | Palestine | 2.5 |
| 2000 | Palestine | 2.1 |
| 2004 | Palestine | 3.6 |
| 2006 | Palestine | 2.5 |
| 2010 | Palestine | 4 |
| 2014 | Palestine | 1.6 |
| 2020 | Palestine | 2.6 |
| 2006 | Somalia | 34.3 |
| 2009 | Somalia | 24 |
| 1992 | Algeria | 9.8 |
| 1995 | Algeria | 12.2 |
| 2000 | Algeria | 5.3 |
| 2002 | Algeria | 12.5 |
| 2006 | Algeria | 3.5 |
| 2012 | Algeria | 3.1 |
| 2019 | Algeria | 2.9 |
| 2004 | Lebanon | 5.4 |
| 2021 | Lebanon | 4.1 |
| 2001 | Kuwait | 2.5 |
| 2002 | Kuwait | 2.6 |
| 2003 | Kuwait | 2.8 |
| 2004 | Kuwait | 2.9 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 2.9 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
| 2007 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 2.8 |
| 2009 | Kuwait | 2 |
| 2010 | Kuwait | 1.9 |
| 2011 | Kuwait | 2.4 |
| 2012 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
| 2014 | Kuwait | 3.5 |
| 2015 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
| 2016 | Kuwait | 3.8 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 4.5 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 4.2 |
| 2019 | Kuwait | 3.6 |
| 2020 | Kuwait | 3 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 6.1 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, percentage of children under 5, male (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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