Annex I

Annex I DATA TABLES

TABLE A-1.

Prevalence of undernourishment (percent)

	2000–2002	2004–2006	2009–2011	2014–2016	2018–2020	2019–2021	2020–2022	2021–2023
World	13.0	12.0	8.7	7.5	7.8	8.3	8.9	9.1
Arab States	11.9	11.4	10.4	10.9	12.0	12.2	12.7	13.4
Low-income countries	25.3	24.5	21.7	24.8	27.6	27.5	28.0	29.3
Lower-middle-income countries	5.9	5.9	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.5	6.1	6.7
Upper-middle-income countries	15.2	12.9	10.9	12.8	14.2	14.7	15.3	15.4
High-income countries	5.2	5.1	7.1	4.3	4.1	3.8	3.5	3.1
Arab States LDCs	29.6	29.0	25.9	26.9	26.6	25.9	25.9	27.1
Countries affected by conflict	22.9	21.5	19.1	21.8	23.9	23.8	24.2	25.1
Countries not affected by conflict	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.0	5.3	5.6	6.1	6.5
Algeria	7.5	6.2	4.1	2.6	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Bahrain	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Comoros	24.9	16.6	17.3	13.9	13.4	13.9	15.7	16.9
Djibouti	41.9	30.1	19.9	13.2	11.9	11.9	12.3	12.9
Egypt	4.8	5.9	5.2	6.3	6.7	6.9	7.6	8.5
Iraq	20.1	16.5	13.7	16.3	16.1	15.8	16.0	16.1
Jordan	8.9	5.2	6.2	7.0	13.1	15.8	17.3	17.9
Kuwait	2.6	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Lebanon	7.6	10.6	5.5	5.7	7.1	8.9	10.2	9.6
Libya	3.5	4.8	6.6	7.8	9.9	11.0	11.9	11.4
Mauritania	8.1	9.1	7.0	6.7	7.0	7.5	8.3	9.3
Morocco	5.8	4.8	4.8	3.7	4.1	5.3	6.4	6.9
Oman	13.3	10.2	6.3	7.2	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7
Palestine	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Qatar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Saudi Arabia	5.0	4.5	7.8	4.2	4.3	4.0	3.5	3.0
Somalia	70.2	70.0	71.4	60.0	53.3	51.1	50.7	51.3
Sudan	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9.2	10.8	11.1	11.0	11.4
Syrian Arab Republic	7.7	6.2	5.2	10.8	26.4	29.6	32.2	34.0
Tunisia	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.2	2.8	3.2	3.4	3.2
United Arab Emirates	3.3	7.8	7.1	4.6	3.3	3.1	3.4	2.7
Yemen	24.4	25.5	24.2	38.1	38.4	36.7	36.9	39.5

Note: The 2021–2023 average values reflect 2023 projections that are based on nowcasts.
Source: Based on FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. [Accessed on 24 July 2024]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

TABLE A-2.

Number of undernourished people (millions)

	2000–2002	2004–2006	2009–2011	2014–2016	2018–2020	2019–2021	2020–2022	2021–2023
World	807.3	788.3	605.7	559.0	602.5	653.1	700.6	722.0
Arab States	34.8	36.7	37.7	44.5	53.0	54.9	58.2	62.1
Low-income countries	18.2	19.7	20.1	24.8	30.6	31.3	32.7	35.2
Lower-middle-income countries	8.9	9.5	8.8	9.8	10.9	11.7	13.1	14.6
Upper-middle-income countries	6.1	5.8	5.4	7.6	9.2	9.7	10.3	10.5
High-income countries	1.6	1.8	3.3	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.8
Arab States LDCs	17.5	19.1	19.5	23.2	25.8	25.8	26.5	28.4
Countries affected by conflict	23.5	24.6	24.9	31.4	37.9	38.8	40.5	43.2
Countries not affected by conflict	11.3	12.1	12.9	13.1	15.1	16.1	17.7	19.0
Algeria	2.3	2.0	1.5	1.0	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Bahrain	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Comoros	0.1	<0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Djibouti	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Egypt	3.5	4.6	4.6	6.2	7.1	7.4	8.3	9.4
Iraq	5.1	4.7	4.3	6.1	6.7	6.7	7.0	7.2
Jordan	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.7	1.9	2.0
Kuwait	<0.1	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Lebanon	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5
Libya	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8
Mauritania	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
Morocco	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.4	2.6
Oman	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Palestine	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Qatar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Saudi Arabia	1.1	1.1	2.3	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.1
Somalia	6.4	7.3	8.6	8.3	8.5	8.4	8.7	9.0
Sudan	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3.5	4.7	4.9	5.0	5.3
Syrian Arab Republic	1.3	1.2	1.2	2.1	5.3	6.1	6.9	7.6
Tunisia	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
United Arab Emirates	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Yemen	4.7	5.4	6.0	10.9	12.1	11.8	12.2	13.3

TABLE A-3.

Prevalence of food insecurity (percent)

	Severe food insecurity				Moderate or severe food insecurity
	2014–2016	2017–2019	2019–2021	2021–2023	2014–2016	2017–2019	2019–2021	2021–2023
World	7.6	8.7	10.3	10.9	21.7	24.4	27.7	29.0
Arab States	12.0	12.6	13.3	15.1	32.6	34.8	36.4	39.0
Low-income countries	17.7	20.5	24.3	27.7	48.1	53.0	59.6	66.2
Lower-middle-income countries	8.9	7.7	7.7	9.8	26.2	27.4	27.1	29.4
Upper-middle-income countries	17.3	19.3	17.4	17.2	38.1	41.2	41.7	40.7
High-income countries	6.9	7.5	7.1	6.5	20.4	19.8	19.0	17.0
Arab States LDCs	16.8	17.1	19.6	21.8	47.6	51.1	57.6	64.9
Countries affected by conflict	18.3	21.1	22.5	24.6	46.6	50.8	54.6	58.3
Countries not affected by conflict	8.6	7.8	8.0	9.5	24.9	25.9	26.1	27.8
Algeria	13.0	9.3	6.2	5.6	22.9	17.6	19.0	18.9
Bahrain	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Comoros	n.a.	n.a.	27.4	27.4	n.a.	n.a.	79.7	79.7
Djibouti	n.a.	n.a.	16.5	16.5	n.a.	n.a.	49.2	49.2
Egypt	8.4	7.4	7.1	10.4	27.8	31.2	27.3	29.8
Iraq	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Jordan	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Kuwait	4.9	4.9	4.9	3.5	12.6	12.3	12.2	8.7
Lebanon	n.a.	4.2	10.2	11.7	n.a.	14.7	29.0	40.1
Libya	11.2	16.7	20.7	19.9	29.1	35.7	39.4	37.9
Mauritania	4.6	5.9	7.2	11.6	26.3	35.9	45.3	61.2
Morocco	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Oman	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Palestine	n.a.	4.2	3.7	4.5	n.a.	26.8	28.4	27.4
Qatar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Saudi Arabia	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Somalia	n.a.	n.a.	41.7	43.5	n.a.	n.a.	77.4	79.7
Sudan	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Syrian Arab Republic	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Tunisia	9.1	9.7	12.6	11.3	18.2	22.1	28.0	26.7
United Arab Emirates	n.a.	n.a.	0.8	1.4	n.a.	n.a.	7.5	10.0
Yemen	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	45.7	46.0	58.5	72.5

Notes: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported. The estimate for Palestine reflects the situation before the conflict erupted at the end of 2023.
Source: Based on FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. [Accessed on 24 July 2024]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

TABLE A-4.

Number of food-insecure people (millions)

	Severe food insecurity				Moderate or severe food insecurity
	2014–2016	2017–2019	2019–2021	2021–2023	2014–2016	2017–2019	2019–2021	2021–2023
World	568.0	666.8	804.6	868.6	1 611.1	1 877.2	2 168.5	2 311.7
Arab States	48.9	54.3	59.7	70.0	132.5	150.5	163.7	181.5
Low-income countries	17.6	22.0	27.7	33.3	48.0	57.1	67.9	79.7
Lower-middle-income countries	17.3	15.7	16.3	21.2	50.8	56.0	57.2	64.1
Upper-middle-income countries	10.3	12.3	11.4	11.7	22.7	26.1	27.5	27.7
High-income countries	3.7	4.3	4.2	3.8	10.9	11.3	11.1	10.0
Arab States LDCs	14.5	16.1	19.5	22.9	41.0	48.1	57.4	68.0
Countries affected by conflict	26.3	32.7	36.7	42.2	67.0	78.6	89.0	100.1
Countries not affected by conflict	22.6	21.7	22.9	27.8	65.5	71.9	74.6	81.4
Algeria	5.2	3.9	2.7	2.5	9.0	7.4	8.2	8.5
Bahrain	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Comoros	n.a.	n.a.	0.2	0.2	n.a.	n.a.	0.6	0.7
Djibouti	n.a.	n.a.	0.2	0.2	n.a.	n.a.	0.5	0.6
Egypt	8.2	7.7	7.6	11.5	27.1	32.4	29.3	33.1
Iraq	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Jordan	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Kuwait	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Lebanon	n.a.	0.2	0.6	0.6	n.a.	0.9	1.6	2.2
Libya	0.7	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.8	2.3	2.6	2.6
Mauritania	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.9
Morocco	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Oman	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Palestine	n.a.	0.2	0.2	0.2	n.a.	1.3	1.4	1.4
Qatar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Saudi Arabia	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Somalia	n.a.	n.a.	6.9	7.7	n.a.	n.a.	12.8	14.0
Sudan	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Syrian Arab Republic	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Tunisia	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.4	2.1	2.6	3.4	3.3
United Arab Emirates	n.a.	n.a.	<0.1	0.1	n.a.	n.a.	0.7	0.9
Yemen	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	13.0	14.2	18.9	24.4

TABLE A-5.

Prevalence of food insecurity by sex (percent)

	Severe food insecurity				Moderate or severe food insecurity
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	2014–2016	2021–2023	2014–2016	2021–2023	2014–2016	2021–2023	2014–2016	2021–2023
World	6.4	9.1	7.1	10.4	18.7	24.9	20.4	27.3
Arab States	10.4	13.7	12.7	15.6	29.0	35.8	34.0	39.9
Low-income countries	16.8	27.6	17.9	28.5	46.8	65.2	48.6	67.2
Lower-middle-income countries	7.9	9.2	10.0	10.3	23.3	28.2	28.9	30.6
Upper-middle-income countries	14.6	14.4	19.0	19.9	34.0	36.3	40.5	45.2
High-income countries	6.9	7.2	6.5	5.2	20.7	18.6	19.5	14.6
Arab States LDCs	15.8	20.9	17.1	21.9	46.2	63.4	48.3	65.8
Countries affected by conflict	16.8	23.3	19.3	26.2	44.4	55.4	48.0	60.5
Countries not affected by conflict	7.7	9.1	9.4	9.8	22.5	26.5	27.1	28.7
Algeria	11.9	7.0	14.1	4.3	21.6	20.9	24.2	16.9
Bahrain	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Comoros	n.a.	26.4	n.a.	28.4	n.a.	79.5	n.a.	80.0
Djibouti	n.a.	17.6	n.a.	15.4	n.a.	49.3	n.a.	49.2
Egypt	7.0	9.0	9.9	11.7	23.2	27.1	32.3	32.5
Iraq	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Jordan	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Kuwait	6.4	4.2	3.3	2.7	15.7	9.6	9.5	7.8
Lebanon	n.a.	11.2	n.a.	12.2	n.a.	39.3	n.a.	40.8
Libya	9.0	18.4	13.4	21.3	24.1	35.8	34.1	40.0
Mauritania	4.4	11.0	4.9	12.3	25.1	60.2	27.5	62.3
Morocco	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Oman	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Palestine	n.a.	3.8	n.a.	5.1	n.a.	25.3	n.a.	29.5
Qatar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Saudi Arabia	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Somalia	n.a.	43.5	n.a.	43.5	n.a.	79.7	n.a.	79.7
Sudan	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Syrian Arab Republic	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Tunisia	8.8	11.8	9.5	10.7	18.3	27.0	18.0	26.4
United Arab Emirates	n.a.	1.5	n.a.	1.2	n.a.	11.8	n.a.	8.3
Yemen	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	42.6	68.9	48.7	76.1

Notes: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported. The estimate for Palestine reflects the situation before the conflict erupted at the end of 2023.
Source: Based on FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. [Accessed on 24 July 2024]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

TABLE A-6.

Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years of age (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2019	2020	2022
World	33.0	31.1	27.9	26.3	24.6	23.0	22.7	22.3
Arab States	28.0	27.1	25.1	23.7	22.1	20.8	20.5	19.9
Low-income countries	40.7	40.6	37.3	35.7	34.5	32.8	32.2	31.1
Lower-middle-income countries	24.2	21.6	20.3	19.3	17.7	16.5	16.2	15.6
Upper-middle-income countries	24.9	24.8	21.8	19.7	17.3	15.0	14.3	13.3
High-income countries	10.8	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.4	10.8	10.9	10.8
Arab States LDCs	43.5	42.7	39.3	37.4	35.2	32.9	32.3	31.2
Countries affected by conflict	36.8	36.6	33.5	31.6	29.8	28.0	27.5	26.5
Countries not affected by conflict	21.5	19.5	18.5	17.6	16.3	15.4	15.2	14.7
Algeria	22.3	18.1	13.6	12.1	10.7	9.4	9.1	8.6
Bahrain	10.9	9.0	7.3	6.8	6.2	5.4	5.3	5.0
Comoros	43.9	41.8	35.5	31.9	27.2	21.7	20.6	18.8
Djibouti	33.7	35.8	32.2	29.6	26.1	21.5	20.5	18.7
Egypt	25.9	24.4	25.4	24.6	22.5	21.4	21.1	20.4
Iraq	27.9	27.1	22.5	19.6	16.0	12.2	11.3	9.9
Jordan	10.8	9.8	8.3	7.7	7.4	7.2	7.1	6.6
Kuwait	4.0	4.1	4.5	4.8	5.4	6.3	6.5	6.9
Lebanon	17.8	16.4	14.5	11.7	9.4	8.2	7.9	7.4
Libya	18.4	21.2	26.3	30.0	37.7	47.9	49.6	52.2
Mauritania	39.3	32.1	27.3	26.0	25.1	23.8	23.3	22.1
Morocco	25.2	20.3	16.8	15.8	14.8	13.8	13.4	12.8
Oman	14.6	12.0	11.2	11.1	11.7	12.5	12.6	12.7
Palestine	9.9	11.4	11.1	10.3	8.8	7.7	7.6	7.5
Qatar	9.6	8.1	6.6	6.2	5.8	5.0	4.8	4.4
Saudi Arabia	11.4	11.3	11.7	11.8	12.2	12.6	12.6	12.4
Somalia	33.0	33.9	30.1	27.6	24.2	20.3	19.4	18.0
Sudan	39.3	37.8	36.5	36.0	36.2	36.5	36.4	36.0
Syrian Arab Republic	28.3	29.7	27.2	26.4	27.6	27.3	26.7	25.4
Tunisia	12.6	10.9	9.3	8.8	8.6	8.8	8.8	8.6
Yemen	55.4	56.1	50.4	46.9	42.3	37.6	36.7	35.1

Source: Based on UNICEF, WHO & World Bank. 2023. Levels and trends in child malnutrition. UNICEF / WHO / World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates – Key findings of the 2023 edition. New York, USA, UNICEF; Geneva, Switzerland, WHO and Washington, DC, World Bank. https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-report-2023

TABLE A-7.

Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years of age (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2019	2020	2022
World	8.7	8.3	7.7	7.5	7.2	6.9	6.8	6.8
Arab States								7.1
Low-income countries								14.6
Lower-middle-income countries								5.3
Upper-middle-income countries								4.1
High-income countries								5.0
Arab States LDCs								13.8
Countries affected by conflict								10.4
Countries not affected by conflict								5.0
Algeria	3.1			4.1		2.7
Comoros	13.3			11.2
Djibouti						10.6
Egypt		5.3
Iraq	6.6
Jordan				2.4		0.6
Kuwait		3.3	2.4	2.4	3.0	2.0	2.3
Mauritania	15.3			11.7	14.8	11.1	6.4	13.6
Morocco						2.3
Palestine	2.0		3.3				1.3
Saudi Arabia					5.9	5.1	4.5
Sudan			15.4
Syrian Arab Republic	4.9		11.5
Tunisia	2.9			2.8
Yemen		13.8

Source: Based on UNICEF, WHO & World Bank. 2023. Levels and trends in child malnutrition. UNICEF / WHO / World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates – Key findings of the 2023 edition. New York, USA, UNICEF; Geneva, Switzerland, WHO and Washington, DC, World Bank. https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-report-2023

TABLE A-8.

Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 years of age (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2019	2020	2022
World	5.3	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6
Arab States	8.8	10.5	10.3	10.0	9.6	9.4	9.4	9.5
Low-income countries	6.7	7.1	6.0	5.3	4.1	3.3	3.3	3.4
Lower-middle-income countries	11.3	13.7	13.5	13.2	13.0	13.5	13.7	14.2
Upper-middle-income countries	8.5	11.5	11.9	11.1	10.0	9.1	8.9	8.5
High-income countries	3.9	5.6	7.7	8.5	9.4	9.9	9.8	9.5
Arab States LDCs	4.2	4.0	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4
Countries affected by conflict	7.3	8.5	7.7	7.0	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.8
Countries not affected by conflict	10.0	12.2	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.8	12.9	13.3
Algeria	12.8	15.4	14.6	13.5	12.2	11.7	11.7	11.9
Comoros	13.5	16.4	12.8	11.5	10.1	8.7	8.3	7.7
Djibouti	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.5	2.2	2.5	3.2
Egypt	12.1	14.8	15.7	15.7	16.2	17.3	17.8	18.8
Iraq	7.8	10.4	10.3	9.5	8.4	7.2	6.9	6.4
Jordan	4.5	5.3	5.9	5.9	6.3	7.6	8.1	9.5
Kuwait	7.7	8.0	8.6	9.0	9.6	10.6	10.9	11.7
Lebanon	8.4	9.6	8.6	8.5	8.3	8.1	8.1	8.3
Libya	16.2	22.9	26.5	26.4	26.6	27.6	27.9	28.7
Mauritania	3.5	3.7	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0
Morocco	13.3	14.5	11.3	9.5	7.5	5.7	5.4	4.9
Oman	1.7	1.8	2.5	2.9	3.7	5.1	5.6	6.5
Palestine	6.1	7.8	7.9	7.6	7.6	8.0	8.1	8.3
Qatar	10.0	11.2	12.1	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.7
Saudi Arabia	3.6	5.6	8.2	9.3	10.5	10.9	10.7	10.1
Somalia	4.5	4.5	3.3	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Sudan	3.6	3.5	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.7
Syrian Arab Republic	17.0	19.7	18.3	16.6	13.8	11.9	11.7	11.7
Tunisia	4.0	7.4	11.4	12.7	14.8	17.6	18.2	19.0
Yemen	4.7	4.2	2.9	2.4	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.7

TABLE A-9.

Prevalence of anaemia among women aged 15 to 49 years (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2017	2018	2019
World	31.2	29.9	28.6	28.5	28.8	29.3	29.6	29.9
Arab States	38.1	36.2	33.8	33.2	32.8	32.9	33.0	33.2
Low-income countries	47.3	45.4	43.2	43.0	43.3	43.6	43.8	43.9
Lower-middle-income countries	35.5	34.0	31.8	31.2	30.7	30.5	30.5	30.6
Upper-middle-income countries	38.0	34.8	30.8	29.6	28.8	28.8	28.8	29.0
High-income countries	31.2	28.6	26.1	25.7	25.9	26.4	26.7	27.1
Arab States LDCs	50.5	48.7	46.6	46.1	45.8	45.8	45.8	45.9
Countries affected by conflict	44.5	42.2	39.6	39.0	38.7	38.9	39.0	39.2
Countries not affected by conflict	34.9	33.2	30.8	30.2	29.8	29.8	29.8	29.9
Algeria	37.6	35.2	33.3	32.9	32.8	33.0	33.1	33.3
Bahrain	43.3	40.1	36.9	36.3	35.7	35.6	35.5	35.4
Comoros	38.4	35.8	33.2	32.8	33.0	33.3	33.5	33.8
Djibouti	37.2	33.3	31.0	31.0	31.3	31.8	32.0	32.3
Egypt	35.5	34.5	31.9	31.0	29.7	28.8	28.5	28.3
Iraq	39.5	35.9	31.2	29.8	28.6	28.4	28.4	28.6
Jordan	30.4	29.0	29.3	30.5	33.2	35.6	36.6	37.7
Kuwait	24.1	21.2	20.4	21.1	22.4	23.1	23.4	23.7
Lebanon	26.6	25.6	25.0	25.4	26.7	27.5	27.9	28.3
Libya	32.6	30.7	28.8	28.6	28.9	29.4	29.6	29.9
Mauritania	48.7	47.7	45.9	45.1	44.2	43.7	43.5	43.3
Morocco	35.3	33.2	30.5	29.8	29.5	29.6	29.7	29.9
Oman	37.8	33.8	29.7	29.0	28.8	29.1	29.1	29.1
Palestine	36.7	34.5	31.3	30.5	30.2	30.5	30.7	31.0
Qatar	31.4	29.2	27.4	27.1	27.2	27.6	27.9	28.1
Saudi Arabia	31.7	29.2	26.4	25.8	26.0	26.8	27.1	27.5
Somalia	47.9	46.6	44.6	44.0	43.5	43.3	43.2	43.1
Sudan	42.9	40.2	37.4	36.8	36.3	36.4	36.4	36.5
Syrian Arab Republic	36.8	34.4	32.1	31.7	31.9	32.2	32.5	32.8
Tunisia	31.5	30.9	30.3	30.4	30.8	31.4	31.7	32.1
United Arab Emirates	24.3	23.4	23.8	24.0	23.7	23.7	24.0	24.3
Yemen	66.1	64.3	62.1	61.5	61.3	61.4	61.5	61.5

Note: The estimates refer to women aged 15 to 49 years, including pregnant, non-pregnant women and lactating women and were adjusted for altitude and smoking. WHO defines anaemia in pregnant women as a haemoglobin concentration <110 g/L at sea level, and anaemia in non-pregnant women and lactating women as a haemoglobin concentration <120 g/L.
Source: Based on WHO. 2021. WHO global anaemia estimates, 2021 edition. In: WHO. [Cited 24 July 2024]. www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/anaemia_in_women_and_children

TABLE A-10.

Prevalence of obesity among adults (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2019	2020	2022
World	8.7	10.1	11.5	12.1	13.1	14.5	14.9	15.8
Arab States	19.6	22.7	25.7	26.8	28.5	30.6	31.1	32.1
Low-income countries	10.3	12.5	14.8	15.6	16.1	17.9	18.5	19.7
Lower-middle-income countries	20.4	23.6	26.6	27.8	29.6	32.0	32.6	33.8
Upper-middle-income countries	25.8	29.5	32.7	34.0	35.8	38.1	38.6	39.7
High-income countries	26.3	30.0	33.2	34.1	35.6	37.4	37.8	38.6
Arab States LDCs	6.2	7.9	9.8	10.6	11.9	13.9	14.5	15.7
Countries affected by conflict	15.2	17.9	20.3	21.3	22.5	24.5	25.1	26.2
Countries not affected by conflict	21.4	24.8	28.0	29.2	30.9	33.2	33.7	34.7
Algeria	13.4	15.6	17.8	18.8	20.2	22.3	22.8	23.8
Bahrain	24.4	27.8	30.6	31.7	33.1	34.9	35.3	36.1
Comoros	5.7	7.7	9.8	10.7	12.2	14.4	15.0	16.3
Djibouti	3.8	5.1	6.5	7.1	8.2	9.8	10.3	11.3
Egypt	27.8	32.1	35.9	37.4	39.6	42.4	43.0	44.3
Iraq	26.1	29.7	33.1	34.4	36.3	38.8	39.3	40.5
Jordan	30.0	33.2	35.6	36.3	37.2	38.0	38.2	38.5
Kuwait	35.5	38.5	40.3	40.7	40.9	41.1	41.2	41.4
Lebanon	20.1	23.0	25.4	26.2	27.4	28.7	29.1	29.8
Libya	24.3	28.1	30.9	32.0	33.5	35.4	35.8	36.7
Mauritania	9.1	12.3	15.2	16.2	17.9	20.5	21.2	22.7
Morocco	11.3	13.5	15.7	16.7	18.2	20.2	20.7	21.8
Oman	18.2	21.3	24.1	24.9	26.5	29.0	29.8	31.1
Palestine	27.3	30.6	33.3	34.2	35.4	36.7	37.0	37.6
Qatar	26.0	30.4	34.4	36.1	38.3	41.3	42.0	43.1
Saudi Arabia	26.6	30.5	33.8	35.0	36.8	39.1	39.6	40.6
Somalia	5.3	6.9	8.8	9.6	10.9	12.9	13.4	14.6
Sudan	6.7	8.7	10.7	11.5	12.8	15.0	15.7	17.0
Syrian Arab Republic	22.7	25.7	28.2	29.2	30.8	32.7	33.1	33.9
Tunisia	16.3	18.8	21.1	22.0	23.5	25.4	25.9	26.8
United Arab Emirates	25.4	28.2	32.4	31.9	31.9	32.0	32.0	32.1
Yemen	5.4	6.8	8.4	9.2	10.4	12.2	12.7	13.7

Source: Based on WHO. 2024. Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository: Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30, age-standardized. Estimates by country. [Accessed on 24 July 2024]. https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/prevalence-of-obesity-among-adults-bmi--30-(age-standardized-estimate)-(-). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

TABLE A-11.

Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0–5 months of age (percent)

	2000	2005	2012	2015	2020	2021	2022
World			37.1				48.0
Arab States			34.6				32.7
Low-income countries			33.2				n.a.
Lower-middle-income countries			39.3				34.6
Upper-middle-income countries			20.4				27.2
High-income countries			n.a.				n.a.
Arab States LDCs			29.4				n.a.
Countries affected by conflict			28.7				n.a.
Countries not affected by conflict			38.9				34.6
Algeria	12.6		25.4
Comoros	10.2		11.4
Djibouti			12.4
Egypt	56.1	41.1				40.2
Iraq	11.6
Jordan			22.7
Lebanon						22.1
Mauritania	20.2			41.1	40.9
Palestine					38.9
Qatar			29.3
Tunisia			8.5

Source: Based on UNICEF. 2024. Infant and young child feeding. In: UNICEF. [Cited 24 July 2024]. https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/infant-and-young-child-feeding

TABLE A-12.

Prevalence of low birthweight (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2019	2020
World	16.6	16.1	15.3	15.0	14.8	14.6	14.7
Arab States	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3
Low-income countries	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7
Lower-middle-income countries	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2
Upper-middle-income countries	10.2	10.5	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.9	10.9
High-income countries	9.8	10.0	10.3	10.4	10.6	10.6	10.7
Arab States LDCs	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7
Countries affected by conflict	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0
Countries not affected by conflict	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.6	13.5	13.5
Algeria	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.2	7.2
Bahrain	10.1	10.7	11.4	11.6	11.9	12.3	12.4
Comoros	25.5	25.0	24.4	24.1	23.8	23.2	23.0
Iraq	10.3	10.5	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Jordan	14.6	15.6	16.5	17.0	17.6	18.7	18.9
Kuwait	10.1	11.0	12.0	12.4	13.2	14.1	14.4
Lebanon	12.3	12.4	12.1	12.2	12.4	12.6	12.6
Morocco	18.3	17.5	16.5	16.1	15.6	14.9	14.8
Oman	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2
Palestine	9.0	9.4	9.7	9.8	10.0	10.3	10.4
Qatar	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Tunisia	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2
United Arab Emirates	12.9	13.0	13.7	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9

Source: Based on UNICEF & WHO. 2023. Low birthweight. In: UNICEF. [Cited 24 July 2024]. https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/low-birthweight

TABLE A-13.

Affordability of a healthy diet

	Proportion of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (percent)						Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (million)
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
World	40.3	38.0	36.4	37.9	36.4	35.4	3 062.3	2 916.1	2 823.4	2 968.0	2 876.4	2 826.3
Arab States	35.5	36.4	35.5	35.6	32.8	32.6	150.3	157.4	157.0	159.9	149.7	151.3
Low-income countries	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Lower-middle-income countries	33.5	33.9	31.4	30.2	28.8	30.2	67.3	69.3	65.3	63.8	61.7	65.7
Upper-middle-income countries	21.2	21.2	20.2	26.2	26.0	24.3	13.2	13.4	13.0	17.2	17.4	16.6
High-income countries	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Arab States LDCs	46.1	50.3	56.1	56.0	43.3	36.4	42.2	47.4	54.4	55.8	44.3	38.2
Countries affected by conflict	44.2	46.2	48.6	51.1	45.0	41.2	66.6	71.4	77.2	83.4	75.3	70.6
Countries not affected by conflict	31.6	32.0	29.7	28.5	27.2	28.5	86.4	89.1	84.0	81.6	78.6	83.7
Algeria	17.8	17.0	16.4	18.3	18.7	19.7	7.3	7.1	7.0	7.9	8.3	8.8
Bahrain	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Comoros	63.5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	60.8	n.a.	0.5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0.5	n.a.
Djibouti	54.5	53.0	52.5	53.4	52.7	53.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Egypt	53.0	54.2	49.4	44.9	42.3	44.4	53.9	56.2	52.2	48.3	46.2	49.3
Iraq	23.1	23.1	21.9	28.5	28.4	26.7	9.2	9.4	9.1	12.1	12.4	11.9
Jordan	13.0	12.9	12.9	14.4	13.6	13.0	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.5
Kuwait	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Lebanon	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0.1	1.8	2.9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	<0.1	0.1	0.2
Libya	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Mauritania	49.9	49.9	50.4	52.1	54.4	55.2	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.6
Morocco	13.0	12.4	11.7	13.8	12.0	12.7	4.6	4.5	4.3	5.1	4.4	4.8
Oman	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Palestine	5.0	5.1	5.5	6.8	5.4	4.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
Qatar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Saudi Arabia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Somalia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Sudan	45.2	50.0	56.7	56.3	41.6	33.7	18.4	21.0	24.5	25.0	19.0	15.8
Syrian Arab Republic	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	86.2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	18.4	n.a.
Tunisia	7.7	7.2	6.9	8.1	7.3	7.3	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.9
United Arab Emirates	1.0	2.5	2.1	<0.1	<0.1	2.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	<0.1	<0.1	0.2
Yemen	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Source: Based on FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). [Accessed on 24 July 2024]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

TABLE A-14.

Cost of a healthy diet (PPP international dollars per person per day)

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
World	3.13	3.17	3.25	3.35	3.56	3.96
Arab States	2.94	2.92	2.99	3.12	3.53	3.77
Low-income countries	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Lower-middle-income countries	3.13	3.20	3.24	3.44	3.85	4.48
Upper-middle-income countries	3.00	3.07	3.14	3.09	3.12	3.50
High-income countries	2.46	2.53	2.62	2.76	2.93	3.24
Arab States LDCs	3.02	3.14	3.30	3.30	3.22	3.48
Countries affected by conflict	2.95	3.08	3.25	3.18	2.89	2.95
Countries not affected by conflict	2.83	2.90	2.96	3.11	3.40	3.88
Algeria	4.06	4.13	4.10	4.06	4.36	4.89
Bahrain	3.07	3.15	3.25	3.48	3.67	4.22
Comoros	4.56	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4.55	n.a.
Djibouti	2.79	2.86	2.98	3.10	3.27	3.71
Egypt	3.83	3.88	3.88	3.73	3.88	4.55
Iraq	3.38	3.47	3.54	3.54	3.67	4.03
Jordan	2.94	2.98	3.01	3.12	3.22	3.45
Kuwait	2.17	2.21	2.25	2.34	2.59	2.89
Lebanon	1.47	1.49	1.53	2.97	5.01	6.76
Libya	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Mauritania	3.73	3.86	3.95	3.99	4.27	4.86
Morocco	2.60	2.64	2.65	2.69	2.79	3.14
Oman	2.32	2.34	2.41	2.49	2.59	2.87
Palestine	2.62	2.66	2.74	2.63	2.58	2.98
Qatar	2.31	2.36	2.42	2.51	2.63	2.82
Saudi Arabia	2.49	2.65	2.82	3.00	3.22	3.52
Somalia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4.14	n.a.
Sudan	2.53	2.70	2.96	2.82	2.12	1.86
Syrian Arab Republic	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5.11	n.a.
Tunisia	3.66	3.74	3.82	3.83	4.03	4.46
United Arab Emirates	2.42	2.50	2.55	2.74	2.86	3.14
Yemen	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Source: Based on FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). [Accessed on 24 July 2024]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.