Child malnutrition in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai
Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai ranks 6th of 6 parts of Egypt for child stunting, below Egypt's 21%.
Child stunting across Egypt
The same 2014 survey, every part it reports.
- 1Upper Egypt - urbanUpper Egypt30%
- 2Upper Egypt - ruralUpper Egypt25%
- 3Lower Egypt - urbanLower Egypt19%
- 4Urban Governorates19%
- 5Lower Egypt - ruralLower Egypt18%
- 6Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai15%
Frequently asked questions
What is the child malnutrition rate in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai?
In Egypt's 2014 Demographic and Health Survey, 15% of children under five in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai were stunted (too short for their age), 14% wasted and 6.7% underweight.
Is malnutrition in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai worse than in the rest of Egypt?
Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai ranks 6th of 6 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Egypt's 21%.
How many children are anaemic in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai?
45% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai had anaemia in 2014, above Egypt's 27%; WHO counts 40% or more as a severe public health problem.
Is there data for cities and towns in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai?
The survey reports Egypt by region, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai shares these figures. Local clinics and nutrition programmes keep their own records.
Source: Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 2014 (EG2014DHS), via The DHS Program, STATcompiler. Survey estimates for small regions carry wide margins; read differences of a few points as similar.
Hunger in Egypt as a whole
Undernourishment, food insecurity, the Global Hunger Index and the UN's latest estimates for the country.