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Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
Figure 42: Evolution of overweight prevalence among under-five children in OICcountries (II)
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Source: authors' calculations based on the Joint Malnutrition Estimatesfrom UNICEF, WHOand the World Bank
(2016).
Table 24: Evolution of anaemia prevalence among under-five children between 1990 /94 and
2010 /16 in OIC countries
Absolute change Relative change
Country (Percentage point) Country (Percentage)
Maldives -53.9 Maldives -64.3%
Kazakhstan -35.1 Kazakhstan -53.9%
Sudan -29.3 Indonesia -44.5%
Indonesia -26.1 Tajikistan -44.2%
Tajikistan -21.7 Albania -39.5%
Djibouti -20.7 Turkey -36.9%
Comoros -2 0 .6 Iran, Islamic Rep. -36.0%
Uganda -20.5 Kyrgyz Republic -35.0%
Benin -19.5 Lebanon -34.2%
Kyrgyz Republic -19.3 Algeria -34.2%
Gambia, The -19.0 Sudan -33.3%
Afghanistan -18.6 Djibouti -32.4%
Iran, Islamic Rep. -18.3 Iraq -31.1%
Bangladesh -17.9 Turkmenistan -30.4%
Turkey -17.6 Syrian Arab Republic -30.4%
Oman -17.6 Malaysia -30.3%
Uzbekistan -17.5 Oman -30.2%
Somalia -17.5 Libya -29.7%
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