Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Egypt
Egypt: Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia was 4,118 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
4,118
Change on year
down 2.4%
World rank
10th
of 191 countries
All-time high
4,324
in 2016
All-time low
3,387
in 2000
Years of data
20
2000–2019
Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Egypt, 2000–2019
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 4,118 for number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in 2019.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Egypt peaked at 4,324 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3,387, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 10th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,387 | — |
| 2001 | 3,440 | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 3,480 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,500 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 3,510 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,535 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 3,546 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 3,558 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 3,576 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 3,608 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 3,671 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 3,748 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,877 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 4,038 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 4,164 | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 4,220 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 4,324 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 4,311 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,219 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 4,118 | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,514 | 3,387 | 3,608 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,069 | 3,671 | 4,324 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 7 Ethiopia 8,630 compare
- 8 Bangladesh 6,214 compare
- 9 Tanzania, United Republic of 5,346 compare
- 11 Uganda 3,974 compare
- 12 Angola 3,540 compare
- 13 Mozambique 3,443 compare
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Egypt?
- Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Egypt was 4,118 in 2019, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 4,324 in 2016.
- What is the lowest number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,387 in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia (thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).