Table 1

- Prevalence and occurrence of malnutrition amongst the children below 5 years in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional countries.

IDCountryStunting*UnderweightWastingOverweight§
1Bahrain (1995)13.67.66.64.9
2Lebanon (2004)16.54.26.616.7
3Egypt (2014)22.37.09.515.7
4Tunisia (2018)8.41.62.117.2
5Oman (2017)11.411.29.34.2
6Islamic Republic of Iran (2010)6.84.14.011.8
7Libya (2014)38.111.710.229.6
8Saudi Arabia (2007)9.35.310.86.1
9Qatar (1996)11.64.82.110.4
10Syrian Arab Republic (2009)27.910.411.617.9
11United Arab Emirates (1995)16.714.415.2Data unavailable
12Morocco (2017/18)15.12.62.610.9
13Kuwait (2017)6.43.02.55.1
14Jordan (2012)7.83.02.44.7
15Yemen (2013)46.439.916.42.5
16Afghanistan (2018)38.219.15.14.1
17Iraq (2018)12.63.93.06.6
18Pakistan (2017/18)37.623.17.12.5
19Sudan (2014)38.233.116.33.0
20Djibouti (2013)33.529.921.58.1
21Somalia (2009)25.322.514.33.0
22State of Palestine (2014)7.41.41.28.2
EMR24.2 (15.6-35.5) (2019)12.8 (6.4-22.6) (2019)7.5 (5.9-9.4) (2019)7.7 (6.5-9.0) (2019)

Values are presented as percentages. *,†,‡Bahrain, 2000,2018; *,†,‡,§Lebanon,2006; *,†,‡,§Egypt,2015; *,†,‡,§Tunisia, 2018; *,†,‡,§Oman, 2017; *,†,‡Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014, 2018; *,†,‡,§Libya,2014; *,†,‡,§Saudi Arabia, 2007; a,b,c,dQatar, 1996; *,†,‡,§Syrian Arab Republic, 2011; *,†,‡UAE, 2018; *,†,‡,§Morocco, 2017/18; *,†,§Kuwait, 2017, 1999/2009§; *,†,‡,§ Jordan, 2012; *,†,‡,§ Yemen,2013; *,†,‡,§Afghanistan, 2018; *,†,‡,§ Iraq, 2018; *,†,‡,§ Pakistan, 2017/18; *,†,‡,§Sudan, 2014; *,†,‡,§ Djibouti, 2013; *,†,‡,§ Somalia, 2009; *,†,‡,§ State of Palestine, 2015