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