Table 1.
Prevalence of under-nutrition in children under the age of five years (%) in the Arab countries.
| Country | Latest Survey year | Underweight | Stunting | Wasting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Severe | Moderate | Severe | Moderate | Severe | ||
| Less than −2 s.d | Less than −3 s.d | Less than −2 s.d | Less than −3 s.d | Less than −2 s.d | Less than −3 s.d | ||
| Algeria | 2006 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | − |
| Bahrain | 1995 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 5.3 | − |
| Djibouti | 2006 | 28.9 | 10.3 | 32.6 | 19.7 | 20.7 | − |
| Egypt | 2005 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 17.6 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
| Iraq | 2006 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 21.4 | 7.5 | 4.8 | |
| Jordan | 2002 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Kuwait | 1996 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 23.8 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 2.7 |
| Lebanon | 2004 | 3.9 | − | 11.0 | − | 5.4 | − |
| Libya | 1995 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 15.1 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| Mauritania | 2000–2001 | 31.8 | 9.8 | 34.5 | 16.5 | 12.8 | 3.3 |
| Morocco | 2003–2004 | 10.2 | 2.0 | 18.1 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 2.5 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 3.0 | 1.4 | − |
| Oman | 1998 | 17.8 | 1.3 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| Qatar | 1995 | 5.5 | − | 8.1 | − | 1.5 | − |
| Saudi Arabia | 1996 | 14.3 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 2.2 |
| Somalia | 2006 | 35.6 | 11.6 | 37.8 | 20.5 | 11.0 | |
| Sudan | 2000 | 40.7 | 14.7 | 43.3 | 23.7 | 15.7 | 3.8 |
| Syria | 2006 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 22.4 | 10.1 | 8.6 | − |
| Tunisia | 2000 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 12.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| U.A. Emirates | 1995 | 14.4 | 3.2 | 16.7 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 3.8 |
| Yemen | 2000 | 45.6 | 15.2 | 53.1 | 30.9 | 12.4 | 3.0 |