Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5) - Country Ranking - Middle East

Definition: 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.

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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Rank Country Value Year
1 Yemen 14.80 2013
2 Saudi Arabia 10.80 2004
3 Syrian Arab Republic 10.50 2010
4 Oman 10.00 2017
5 Pakistan 6.60 2018
6 Lebanon 5.40 2004
7 Tajikistan 5.00 2017
8 Afghanistan 4.10 2018
9 Iran 3.90 2010
10 Turkmenistan 3.50 2019
11 Iraq 2.80 2018
12 Jordan 2.40 2012
13 Kyrgyz Republic 2.10 2018
14 Kuwait 2.00 2014
15 Turkey 1.60 2018
15 Uzbekistan 1.60 2017

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Aggregation method: Linear mixed-effect model estimates

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Undernourished children have lower resistance to infection and are more likely to die from common childhood ailments such as diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections. Frequent illness saps the nutritional status of those who survive, locking them int