Saudi Arabia · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
6.2%2020
Publisher note: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2020 Extract] Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected
Unit: percent of children under age 5. Publisher measure: Wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height <-2 SD), survey-based estimates.
Weight-for-height 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 · 8 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1994 | 2.9 | Not reported | Not reported | National Study of Growth Monitoring for 0-5 years Saudi Children 1994 Converted estimate |
| Saudi Arabia | 2004 | 11.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents. Saudi Medical Journal 2007;28:1555-68 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 6.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2015 Extract] Reduced age range |
| Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 5.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2016 Extract] Reduced age range |
| Saudi Arabia | 2017 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.1 | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2017 Extract] Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Saudi Arabia | 2018 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.9 | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2018 Extract] Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Saudi Arabia | 2019 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7 | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2019 Extract] Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 7.2 | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Primary Healthcare Centers sited nutritional Surveillance Program [2020 Extract] Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
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.