Middle East & North Africa | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children 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 2006 Child Growth Standards. Limitations and exceptions: Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g., measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). None of the two sources of errors have been fully taken into account for deriving estimates neither at country nor at regional or worldwide levels.
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The World Bank
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Middle East & North Africa
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Middle East & North Africa | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
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7.06755352 2007
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6.63057661 2009
6.42161989 2010
6.21880913 2011
6.02199221 2012
5.83101654 2013
5.64573336 2014
5.46599627 2015
5.29166031 2016
5.12258291 2017
4.95862532 2018
4.79965019 2019
4.64552259 2020
4.49611092 2021
4.35128498 2022
Middle East & North Africa | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children 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 2006 Child Growth Standards. Limitations and exceptions: Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g., measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). None of the two sources of errors have been fully taken into account for deriving estimates neither at country nor at regional or worldwide levels.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source