Syrian Arab Republic · Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)
27.9%2010
Publisher note: Family health survey of the Arab Republic of Syria 2009: Principal report (PAPFAM). Cairo: The League of Arab States, 2011
Unit: percent of children under age 5. Publisher measure: Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% height-for-age <-2 SD), survey-based estimates.
Height-for-age below -2 SD, WHO country-level survey estimates, both sexes, no additional disaggregation; not model-based annual interpolation. 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 · 6 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1993 | 32.8 | 30.8 | 34.9 | Syrian maternal and child health survey (SMCHS). PAPCHILD surveys. Cairo: The League of Arab States, 1994 Age calculated using alternate methods; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1995 | 26.5 | Not reported | Not reported | Multiple indicator cluster survey in the Syrian Arab Republic (MICS). Central Bureau of Statistics. Damascus, The Syrian Arab Republic, 1996. Converted estimate |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2000 | 24.3 | Not reported | Not reported | Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey II (MICS II) concerning Child Health and Welfare. Main report. Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic: UNICEF, 2002 Converted estimate |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2001 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 33.6 | The family health survey in the Syrian Arab Republic. Principal Report. Cairo: The League of Arab States, 2002 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2006 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 30.1 | Syrian Arab Republic multiple indicator cluster survey 2006. February 2008. |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2010 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 29.3 | Family health survey of the Arab Republic of Syria 2009: Principal report (PAPFAM). Cairo: The League of Arab States, 2011 |
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.