Egypt, Arab Rep. · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
3.7%2021
Publisher note: Egypt Family Health Survey (EFHS) 2021
Unit: percent of children under age 5. Publisher measure: Underweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-age <-2 SD), survey-based estimates.
Weight-for-age below -2 SD, WHO country-level survey estimates, both sexes, no additional disaggregation; retain survey comments. Reference years are irregular survey labels; fieldwork windows were not supplied by the retained projection. Matching year labels do not prove matching collection periods.
Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.
Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 11 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1988 | 10.5 | 9 | 12.3 | Egypt demographic and health survey 1988. Demographic and Health Surveys. Egypt National Population Council. Cairo, Egypt, 1989 Reduced age range |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1991 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 11.9 | Egyptian maternal and child health survey (EMCHS). PAPCHILD Surveys. Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics. Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, 1992 Age calculated using alternate methods |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1992 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 9.1 | Egypt demographic and health survey 1992. Demographic and Health Surveys. Cairo, Egypt, 1993 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1995 | 10.8 | 10 | 11.6 | Egypt demographic and health survey 1995. Demographic and Health Surveys. National Population Council. Cairo, Egypt, 1996 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1997 | 10.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 1997. Cairo, Egypt: El-Zanaty and Associates/Egypt and Macro International. Converted estimate |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1998 | 9.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Egypt demographic and health survey 1998. Demographic and Health Surveys. Cairo, Egypt, 1999 Converted estimate |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2003 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 2003 Egypt interim demographic and health survey. Demographic and Health Survey. Cairo, Egypt: Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council, El-Zanaty and Asociates, and ORC Macro, 2004 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2005 | 5.4 | 5 | 5.9 | Egypt demographic and health survey 2005. Demographic and Health Surveys. Caire, Egypt: Ministry of Health and Population, National Population Council, El-Zanaty and Associates, and ORC Macro, 2006 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2008 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.4 | Egypt demographic and health survey 2008. Demographic and Health Surveys. Cairo, Egypt: Ministry of Health, 2009 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2014 | 7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | Egypt demographic and health survey 2014. Demographic and Health Surveys. Cairo, Egypt and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Ministry of Health and Population and ICF International, 2015. |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2021 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | Egypt Family Health Survey (EFHS) 2021 |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.