Arab Region | Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, percentage of children under 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
97
Source
Arab Region | Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, percentage of children under 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
---|---|---|
2000 | Comoros | 12.1 |
2012 | Comoros | 10.9 |
2000 | Iraq | 6.2 |
2006 | Iraq | 5.4 |
2011 | Iraq | 6.4 |
2018 | Iraq | 2.8 |
1999 | Oman | 7.2 |
2009 | Oman | 6 |
2014 | Oman | 6.8 |
2017 | Oman | 10 |
1990 | Jordan | 3.2 |
1997 | Jordan | 2.4 |
2002 | Jordan | 2 |
2009 | Jordan | 1.6 |
2012 | Jordan | 2.4 |
2019 | Jordan | 1 |
2006 | Somalia | 12 |
2009 | Somalia | 12.6 |
2006 | Tunisia | 3.3 |
2012 | Tunisia | 1.8 |
2018 | Tunisia | 2.1 |
1991 | Egypt | 3.7 |
1992 | Egypt | 4.1 |
1995 | Egypt | 5.5 |
2003 | Egypt | 5.2 |
2005 | Egypt | 5 |
2008 | Egypt | 7.1 |
2014 | Egypt | 9.5 |
1992 | Morocco | 2.3 |
1997 | Morocco | 4.5 |
2003 | Morocco | 10.4 |
2011 | Morocco | 1.8 |
2017 | Morocco | 2.8 |
1993 | Syria | 8.4 |
2001 | Syria | 9.9 |
2006 | Syria | 9.1 |
2010 | Syria | 10.5 |
1995 | Libya | 3.4 |
2007 | Libya | 6.1 |
2014 | Libya | 10.1 |
2013 | Djibouti | 12.4 |
2000 | Mauritania | 13.3 |
2007 | Mauritania | 12.8 |
2008 | Mauritania | 6.8 |
2011 | Mauritania | 12.9 |
2012 | Mauritania | 10.2 |
2015 | Mauritania | 13.3 |
2018 | Mauritania | 9.7 |
2019 | Mauritania | 9.8 |
2020 | Mauritania | 5.8 |
2021 | Mauritania | 8.4 |
2006 | Sudan | 13.9 |
2010 | Sudan | 14 |
2014 | Sudan | 15.7 |
1992 | Algeria | 7.2 |
1995 | Algeria | 9.4 |
2000 | Algeria | 2.9 |
2002 | Algeria | 9.3 |
2006 | Algeria | 4.3 |
2012 | Algeria | 3.8 |
2019 | Algeria | 2.4 |
1996 | Palestine | 3.2 |
2000 | Palestine | 1.8 |
2004 | Palestine | 3 |
2006 | Palestine | 1.8 |
2010 | Palestine | 3.2 |
2014 | Palestine | 1.2 |
2020 | Palestine | 1.3 |
1991 | Yemen | 12.7 |
1997 | Yemen | 15.4 |
2003 | Yemen | 13.7 |
2005 | Yemen | 12 |
2011 | Yemen | 11.7 |
2013 | Yemen | 14.8 |
2004 | Lebanon | 5.4 |
2021 | Lebanon | 1.4 |
2001 | Kuwait | 1.8 |
2002 | Kuwait | 2.2 |
2003 | Kuwait | 2.5 |
2004 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
2005 | Kuwait | 3.1 |
2006 | Kuwait | 3.4 |
2007 | Kuwait | 3.6 |
2008 | Kuwait | 1.9 |
2009 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
2010 | Kuwait | 2.1 |
2011 | Kuwait | 1.4 |
2012 | Kuwait | 2.4 |
2013 | Kuwait | 2.4 |
2014 | Kuwait | 2 |
2015 | Kuwait | 3.2 |
2016 | Kuwait | 1.9 |
2017 | Kuwait | 1.9 |
2018 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
2019 | Kuwait | 1.4 |
2020 | Kuwait | 2.7 |
2004 | Saudi Arabia | 10.8 |
Arab Region | Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, percentage of children under 5, female (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Prevalence of wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
97
Source