Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Egypt
Egypt: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 3.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Egypt, 1988–2021
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of children under 5.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 3.7% for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Egypt peaked at 10.8% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2021.
That places Egypt 68th out of 96 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.8% | 8.2% | 10.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.4% | 8.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 1 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More reference data data for Egypt
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.5496 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.4515 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 1.79 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies -0.4223 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.9319 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 711.63 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Egypt?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Egypt was 3.7% in 2021, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 1995.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2021.
- How does Egypt rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Egypt ranks 68th out of 96 countries with data for 2021.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children younger than five years old whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population for ages 0-59 months.