Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
COMCEC
Absolute change Relative change
Country (Percentage point) Country (Percentage)
Mali 4.2 Morocco 94.5%
Saudi Arabia 4.9 Comoros 105.7%
Indonesia 5.0 Azerbaijan 113.1%
Morocco 5.2 Iraq 114.5%
Kazakhstan 5.2 Turkey 118.0%
Maldives 5.3 Kazakhstan 126.8%
Comoros 5.6 Egypt, Arab Rep. 127.5%
Turkey 5.9 Albania 146.3%
Iraq 6.3 Guyana 178.9%
Azerbaijan 6.9 Tunisia 286.5%
Egypt, Arab Rep. 8 .8 Saudi Arabia 408.3%
Libya 9.0 Maldives 441.7%
Tunisia 1 0 .6 Bangladesh 600.0%
Albania 13.9 Mali 840.0%
Source: authors' calculations based on the Joint Malnutrition Estimatesfrom UNICEF, WHOand the World Bank
(2016).
Figure 41: Evolution of overweight prevalence among under-five children
in OICcountries (I)
Source: authors' calculations based on the Joint Malnutrition Estimatesfrom UNICEF, WHOand the World Bank
(2016).
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