Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Egypt
Egypt: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.4 million No in 2021. ▲ Rising
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Egypt, 2003–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.4 million No for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Egypt peaked at 1.2 million No in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4 million No, in 2021.
That places Egypt 10th out of 42 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Egypt, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.5 million No | — |
| 2005 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8 million No | +60.0% |
| 2014 | 1.2 million No | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4 million No | -66.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6 million No | 0.5 million No | 0.8 million No | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.2 million No | 1.2 million No | 1.2 million No | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.4 million No | 0.4 million No | 0.4 million No | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 7 Yemen 1 million No compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.1 million No compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1 million No compare
- 8 Philippines 0.6 million No compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.1 million No compare
- 9 Niger 0.5 million No compare
- 11 Burkina Faso 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Chad 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Kenya 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Madagascar 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Malaysia 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Myanmar 0.3 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Egypt?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Egypt was 0.4 million No in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 million No in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 million No in 2021.
- How does Egypt rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 42 countries with data for 2021.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.