Egypt - Malnutrition prevalence

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5) in Egypt was 6.20 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 9.80 in 1995, while its lowest value was 4.20 in 2005.

Definition: Prevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls 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.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1991 9.00
1992 7.90
1995 9.80
2003 7.00
2005 4.20
2008 5.40
2014 6.20

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Egypt was 7.70 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 11.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 6.60 in 2005.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1991 11.90
1992 8.60
1995 11.60
2003 10.10
2005 6.60
2008 8.10
2014 7.70

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Egypt was 7.00 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 10.80 in 1995, while its lowest value was 5.40 in 2005.

Definition: 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 child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

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Year Value
1988 9.40
1991 10.50
1992 8.20
1995 10.80
1998 9.40
2003 8.70
2005 5.40
2008 6.80
2014 7.00

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Egypt was 20.80 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 34.10 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.90 in 2003.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1991 34.10
1992 30.80
1995 33.20
2000 22.30
2003 17.90
2005 22.20
2008 28.40
2014 20.80

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Egypt was 23.60 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 36.30 in 1995, while its lowest value was 22.40 in 2003.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1991 35.70
1992 31.30
1995 36.30
2000 26.40
2003 22.40
2005 25.50
2008 32.90
2014 23.60

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Egypt was 22.30 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 34.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.20 in 2003.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

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Year Value
1988 34.00
1991 34.90
1992 31.10
1995 34.80
1998 26.30
2000 24.40
2003 20.20
2005 23.90
2008 30.70
2014 22.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition