Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child stunting and wasting
Percentage of stunted children
Subnational regions
Egypt
All years

Percentage of stunted children

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Egypt (Africa)  
Total 41.2 39.1 37.0 34.9 32.8 30.7 28.6 26.5 24.4 24.3 24.2 24.1 24.0 23.9 26.1 28.3 30.5 29.1 27.7 26.4 25.0 23.6 22.2 20.8 19.4 18.1
Alexandria 23.4 22.4 21.5 20.5 19.5 18.6 17.6 16.7 15.7 17.0 18.2 19.5 20.7 22.0 21.7 21.4 21.1 19.8 18.5 17.2 15.9 14.6 13.3 12.0 10.7 9.40
Assuit 34.6 36.6 38.7 40.7 42.7 44.8 46.8 48.9 50.9 44.6 38.3 32.1 25.8 19.5 23.9 28.2 32.6 29.0 25.3 21.7 18.0 14.4 10.7 7.14 3.57 0.01
Aswan 35.1 33.1 31.1 29.1 27.1 25.1 23.1 21.1 19.1 23.9 28.7 33.5 38.3 43.1 37.0 31.0 24.9 23.2 21.5 19.8 18.1 16.4 14.7 13.0 11.3 9.60
Behera 15.3 16.5 17.8 19.1 20.4 21.7 22.9 24.2 25.5 24.2 22.8 21.5 20.1 18.8 17.5 16.2 14.9 14.2 13.6 12.9 12.2 11.6 10.9 10.2 9.57 8.90
Beni Suef 46.0 44.7 43.3 41.9 40.5 39.1 37.8 36.4 35.0 38.1 41.1 44.2 47.2 50.3 42.8 35.3 27.8 30.6 33.4 36.2 38.9 41.7 44.5 47.3 50.1 52.9
Cairo 34.4 31.6 28.9 26.2 23.5 20.8 18.0 15.3 12.6 14.3 16.1 17.8 19.6 21.3 22.5 23.8 25.0 24.8 24.5 24.3 24.1 23.8 23.6 23.4 23.1 22.9
Dakahlia 37.2 34.3 31.5 28.6 25.7 22.9 20.0 17.2 14.3 13.3 12.4 11.4 10.5 9.50 16.2 22.8 29.5 26.3 23.2 20.0 16.8 13.7 10.5 7.33 4.17 1.00
Damietta 16.3 15.3 14.4 13.4 12.4 11.5 10.5 9.56 8.60 10.6 12.6 14.6 16.6 18.6 28.9 39.3 49.6 43.3 37.1 30.8 24.5 18.3 12.0 8.00 4.01 0.01
Fayoum 50.8 47.0 43.1 39.3 35.5 31.6 27.8 23.9 20.1 21.3 22.4 23.6 24.7 25.9 23.8 21.8 19.7 21.1 22.4 23.8 25.1 26.5 27.8 29.2 30.5 31.9
Frontier governorates (Red Sea, New Valley, Matroh, North Sainai, South Sainai) 40.3 38.0 35.8 33.5 31.2 29.0 26.7 24.5 22.2 21.4 20.5 19.7 18.8 18.0 23.9 29.8 35.7 32.2 28.7 25.3 21.8 18.3 14.8 11.3 7.83 4.35
Gharbia 21.0 21.8 22.6 23.4 24.2 25.0 25.8 26.6 27.4 24.4 21.4 18.4 15.4 12.4 22.6 32.9 43.1 41.1 39.1 37.1 35.0 33.0 31.0 29.0 27.0 25.0
Giza 38.0 36.5 35.1 33.7 32.3 30.9 29.4 28.0 26.6 25.2 23.8 22.5 21.1 19.7 20.5 21.4 22.2 24.1 26.0 28.0 29.9 31.8 33.7 35.6 37.5 39.5
Ismailia 16.7 17.6 18.6 19.5 20.4 21.4 22.3 23.3 24.2 27.7 31.2 34.7 38.2 41.7 34.7 27.8 20.8 19.2 17.6 16.1 14.5 12.9 11.3 9.72 8.13 6.55
Kafr El-Sheikh 27.2 25.7 24.1 22.5 20.9 19.3 17.8 16.2 14.6 16.0 17.4 18.7 20.1 21.5 21.7 22.0 22.2 21.4 20.5 19.7 18.9 18.0 17.2 16.4 15.5 14.7
Kalyubia 82.2 73.7 65.2 56.7 48.2 39.7 31.2 22.7 14.2 15.5 16.8 18.1 19.4 20.7 36.5 52.3 68.1 58.6 49.0 39.5 29.9 20.4 10.8 7.20 3.61 0.01
Menoufia 61.0 57.1 53.1 49.1 45.1 41.1 37.2 33.2 29.2 28.6 28.1 27.5 27.0 26.4 24.2 22.0 19.8 18.0 16.2 14.4 12.6 10.8 9.00 7.20 5.40 3.60
Menya 89.2 81.8 74.5 67.2 59.9 52.6 45.2 37.9 30.6 32.2 33.8 35.5 37.1 38.7 35.0 31.3 27.6 27.5 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.2 27.1 27.0 26.9 26.9
Port Said 20.1 18.9 17.8 16.7 15.6 14.5 13.3 12.2 11.1 9.88 8.66 7.44 6.22 5.00 17.4 29.7 42.1 37.0 31.9 26.8 21.7 16.6 11.5 7.67 3.84 0.01
Qena 39.9 37.8 35.8 33.8 31.8 29.8 27.7 25.7 23.7 24.7 25.7 26.7 27.7 28.7 30.0 31.2 32.5 29.8 27.2 24.5 21.8 19.2 16.5 13.8 11.2 8.50
Sharkia 39.3 36.9 34.6 32.2 29.8 27.5 25.1 22.8 20.4 20.2 20.1 19.9 19.8 19.6 30.1 40.6 51.1 48.8 46.4 44.1 41.8 39.4 37.1 34.8 32.4 30.1
Souhag 39.0 39.4 39.7 40.0 40.3 40.6 41.0 41.3 41.6 39.6 37.6 35.7 33.7 31.7 30.4 29.0 27.7 28.7 29.7 30.8 31.8 32.8 33.8 34.8 35.8 36.9
Suez 31.5 29.2 26.9 24.6 22.3 20.0 17.7 15.4 13.1 17.5 21.8 26.2 30.5 34.9 27.4 19.8 12.3 12.8 13.3 13.9 14.4 14.9 15.4 15.9 16.4 17.0
Lighter numbers are estimates