Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
COMCEC
Table 23: Evolution of overweight prevalence among under-five children between 1990/94
and 2010 /16 in OIC countries
Absolute change Relative change
Country (Percentage point) Country (Percentage)
Yemen, Rep. -6.1 Mauritania -82.4%
Mauritania -5.6 Yemen, Rep. -75.3%
Lebanon -4.1 Guinea-Bissau -54.9%
Oman -4.0 Oman -47.6%
Jordan -3.9 Jordan -45.3%
Uzbekistan -3.1 Nigeria -43.8%
Pakistan -3.0 Senegal -43.5%
Guinea-Bissau -2 . 8 Pakistan -38.5%
Somalia -1.8 Somalia -38.3%
Nigeria -1.4 Togo -31.0%
Sudan -1.2 Benin -29.2%
Kyrgyz Republic -1.1 Sudan -28.6%
Afghanistan -1.1 Lebanon -19.7%
Senegal -1.0 Uzbekistan -19.5%
Togo -0.9 Afghanistan -16.9%
Benin -0.7 Kyrgyz Republic -13.6%
Guinea -0.5 Guinea -1 1 .6 %
Gambia, The -0.3 Gambia, The -1 0 .0 %
Djibouti -0.3 Chad -7.4%
Chad -0.2 Djibouti -3.6%
Kuwait -0.2 Kuwait -2 .2 %
Tajikistan -0.1 Tajikistan -1.5%
Cote d'Ivoire 0.7 Syrian Arab Republic 19.3%
Niger 1.0 Iran, Islamic Rep. 25.5%
Suriname 1.1 Cote d'Ivoire 28.0%
Bangladesh 1.2 Mozambique 33.9%
Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.4 Gabon 37.5%
Mozambique 2. 0 Suriname 37.9%
Cameroon 2. 0 Algeria 42.5%
Gabon 2. 1 Cameroon 42.6%
Uganda 2.2 Niger 50.0%
Syrian Arab
Republic 2.9 Uganda 61.1%
Guyana 3.4 Libya 67.2%
Algeria 3.7 Indonesia 76.9%
Sierra Leone 4.2 Sierra Leone 89.4%
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