Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
COMCEC
Senegal 0.7 Togo 13.6%
Absolute change Relative change
Country (Percentage point) Country (Percentage)
Togo 0. 8 Senegal 13.7%
Sierra Leone 1 Yemen, Rep. 14.0%
Uganda 1.2 Syrian Arab Republic 15.0%
Albania 1.3 Cameroon 15.6%
Syrian Arab Republic 1.5 Albania 16.0%
Sudan 1.8 Gambia, The 29.2%
Yemen, Rep. 2 Mali 35.4%
Gambia, The 2 . 6 Uganda 38.7%
Libya 2.9 Kuwait 41.2%
Lebanon 3 Iraq 6 8 .2 %
Iraq 3 Djibouti 72.0%
Mali 4 Libya 80.6%
Comoros 5.8 Lebanon 83.3%
Egypt, Arab Rep. 7.6 Comoros 109.4%
Saudi Arabia 8.9 Saudi Arabia 306.9%
Djibouti 9 Egypt, Arab Rep. 400.0%
Qatar Qatar
Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia Malaysia
Source: authors' calculations based on the Joint Malnutrition Estimatesfrom UNICEF, WHOand the World Bank
(2016).
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