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Child malnutrition in Lower Egypt - rural

18%of children under five stunted (2014 survey)Medium

Lower Egypt - rural ranks 5th of 6 parts of Egypt for child stunting, below Egypt's 21%.

8.3%children under 5 wasted; Egypt 8.4%
4.2%children under 5 underweight; Egypt 5.5%
28%children 6-59 months anaemic; Egypt 27%

Child stunting across Egypt

The same 2014 survey, every part it reports.

  1. 1Upper Egypt - urbanUpper Egypt30%
  2. 2Upper Egypt - ruralUpper Egypt25%
  3. 3Lower Egypt - urbanLower Egypt19%
  4. 4Urban Governorates19%
  5. 5Lower Egypt - ruralLower Egypt18%
  6. 6Frontier governorates excluding North and South Sinai15%

Frequently asked questions

What is the child malnutrition rate in Lower Egypt - rural?

In Egypt's 2014 Demographic and Health Survey, 18% of children under five in Lower Egypt - rural were stunted (too short for their age), 8.3% wasted and 4.2% underweight.

Is malnutrition in Lower Egypt - rural worse than in the rest of Egypt?

Lower Egypt - rural ranks 5th of 6 for stunting in the survey, highest first, below Egypt's 21%.

How many children are anaemic in Lower Egypt - rural?

28% of children aged 6 to 59 months in Lower Egypt - rural 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 Lower Egypt - rural?

The survey reports Egypt by Lower Egypt and its parts, not by city, so a town or neighbourhood in Lower Egypt - rural 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.

Hunger in Egypt