World Development Indicators

Nutrition intake and supplements
Low-birthweight babies	Exclusive breastfeeding	Consumption of iodized salt	Vitamin A supplementation	Prevalence of anemia
				Children ages 6-59 months	Pregnant women		Non-pregnant women
% of births	% of children under 6 months	% of households	% of children ages 6-59 months	%	%		%
2020	2016-21	2016-21	2018-23	2019	2019	2023	2023

Afghanistan	..	58	..	99	45	32	32	47
Albania	6	37	65	..	31	25	26	25
Algeria	7	29	89	..	34	34	35	31
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	9	..	..	..	14	16	16	16
Angola	16	37	..	7	62	46	46	44
Antigua and Barbuda	15	..	..	..	17	25	25	20
Argentina	7	..	..	..	19	25	24	24
Armenia	8	44	99	..	20	22	22	19
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	7	..	..	..	13	14	14	11
Austria	6	..	..	..	15	17	17	17
Azerbaijan	11	..	..	..	25	34	34	36
Bahamas, The	15	..	..	..	18	24	24	19
Bahrain	12	..	..	..	23	30	30	39
Bangladesh	23	63	76	99	43	40	39	38
Barbados	..	..	..	..	20	25	25	20
Belarus	5	22	..	..	18	24	24	22
Belgium	7	..	..	..	17	14	14	15
Belize	12	33	..	..	20	26	27	21
Benin	16	41	85	7	71	60	60	49
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	11	..	..	..	45	33	33	34
Bolivia	8	56	86	28	37	27	26	25
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	..	..	..	24	26	26	26
Botswana	17	30	..	0	43	31	31	31
Brazil	9	..	..	..	12	22	23	21
Brunei Darussalam	14	..	..	..	20	21	21	18
Bulgaria	11	..	..	..	24	25	26	26
Burkina Faso	18	58	..	99	77	50	50	44
Burundi	15	72	89	77	58	42	45	38
Cabo Verde	..	..	..	..	44	44	44	41
Cambodia	11	..	..	61	49	43	41	38
Cameroon	13	39	91	94	59	41	41	39
Canada	7	..	..	..	13	15	15	14
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	16	36	76	76	74	48	48	43
Chad	..	16	65	95	66	51	51	46
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	7	..	..	..	20	22	21	16
China	5	..	97	..	19	15	14	16
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colombia	11	37	..	..	22	26	27	22
Comoros	23	..	..	16	54	35	36	29
Congo, Dem. Rep.	10	54	85	91	65	44	45	39
Congo, Rep.	12	..	..	6	61	48	47	47
Costa Rica	9	25	..	..	19	22	23	14
Cote d'Ivoire	18	23	80	85	72	56	57	51
Croatia	5	..	..	..	20	25	25	23
Cuba	7	41	90	..	18	26	27	22
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	15	17	17	16
Czechia	8	..	..	..	19	25	25	25
Denmark	5	..	..	..	15	17	17	17
Djibouti	..	..	..	0	52	36	37	32
Dominica	..	..	..	..	30	27	27	22
Dominican Republic	13	..	..	..	28	27	27	22
Ecuador	11	..	..	..	24	29	30	20
Egypt, Arab Rep.	..	..	..	..	32	33	36	33
El Salvador	10	..	..	..	25	22	23	14
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	8	64	43	43	41
Eritrea	15	..	..	78	49	40	42	35
Estonia	4	..	..	..	18	25	25	25
Eswatini	10	..	..	51	43	29	30	28
Ethiopia	..	59	86	77	52	25	26	23
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	7	..	..	..	40	31	31	30
Finland	4	..	..	..	12	15	15	14
France	7	..	..	..	15	14	15	13
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	15	..	..	0	58	54	55	60
Gambia, The	13	54	75	28	52	57	54	45
Georgia	7	20	..	..	25	31	32	30
Germany	7	..	..	..	15	15	15	14
Ghana	14	43	69	44	60	46	45	35
Greece	11	..	..	..	17	17	17	16
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	24	26	26	21
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	14	..	..	..	10	19	21	10
Guinea	..	33	53	85	74	51	50	45
Guinea-Bissau	20	59	33	73	68	51	51	45
Guyana	17	..	..	..	29	32	32	38
Haiti	..	40	8	20	60	46	46	46
Honduras	13	..	..	..	26	24	25	19
Hungary	8	..	..	..	18	25	25	24
Iceland	4	..	..	..	11	15	15	15
India	27	58	92	54	53	47	47	54
Indonesia	10	51	..	..	38	29	27	27
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	..	..	..	27	26	28	26
Iraq	11	26	68	..	29	31	33	27
Ireland	6	..	..	..	14	15	15	14
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	9	..	..	..	14	16	16	15
Italy	7	..	..	..	15	17	17	16
Jamaica	14	..	..	..	24	26	27	21
Japan	11	..	..	..	17	25	23	19
Jordan	19	25	..	..	33	32	33	33
Kazakhstan	5	..	..	..	23	32	32	30
Kenya	10	..	..	84	43	39	40	32
Kiribati	9	64	77	..	49	30	29	27
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	71	38	77	32	31	30	27
Korea, Rep.	7	..	..	..	15	18	16	16
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	14	..	..	..	20	28	29	28
Kyrgyz Republic	6	46	99	..	33	40	43	32
Lao PDR	17	44	94	36	41	32	30	29
Latvia	4	..	..	..	19	22	22	21
Lebanon	13	..	..	..	23	32	34	34
Lesotho	14	59	..	19	51	33	36	34
Liberia	20	55	..	14	72	47	49	42
Libya	..	..	..	..	27	31	32	29
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	4	..	..	..	18	24	24	24
Luxembourg	8	..	..	..	12	16	16	15
Madagascar	19	51	..	19	50	38	39	37
Malawi	16	59	..	11	55	37	39	32
Malaysia	14	40	..	..	25	30	29	31
Maldives	14	63	..	..	38	43	41	44
Mali	..	40	89	97	79	61	62	56
Malta	7	..	..	..	17	17	17	16
Marshall Islands	..	43	..	..	40	27	26	23
Mauritania	..	40	25	0	66	53	54	55
Mauritius	19	..	..	..	31	31	32	33
Mexico	10	27	..	..	22	24	26	13
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	37	26	26	22
Moldova	6	..	..	..	27	27	27	29
Monaco	7	..	..	..	14	16	16	16
Mongolia	5	58	75	..	22	28	28	19
Montenegro	6	20	..	..	15	29	30	26
Morocco	15	35	..	..	30	32	34	29
Mozambique	18	..	..	90	68	53	55	46
Myanmar	12	51	85	93	50	43	43	40
Namibia	16	..	..	58	46	27	28	25
Nepal	20	62	94	82	45	37	35	33
Netherlands	6	..	..	..	16	17	17	17
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	6	..	..	..	15	13	13	12
Nicaragua	10	..	..	..	21	..	..	..
Niger	..	22	..	99	72	55	56	46
Nigeria	..	29	93	89	69	47	45	37
North Macedonia	8	28	..	..	20	24	24	21
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	4	..	..	..	14	17	16	16
Oman	13	23	..	..	24	35	36	34
Pakistan	..	48	..	90	53	42	39	47
Palau	14	..	..	..	34	26	26	26
Panama	10	..	..	..	16	27	28	25
Papua New Guinea	19	60	..	13	47	31	31	29
Paraguay	10	30	..	..	28	27	28	23
Peru	7	65	91	..	30	28	29	21
Philippines	21	55	57	10	14	28	24	12
Poland	6	..	..	..	..	24	25	23
Portugal	9	..	..	..	14	16	16	15
Puerto Rico (US)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	10	..	..	..	22	25	25	24
Romania	9	..	..	..	27	25	25	24
Russian Federation	7	..	..	..	22	25	25	24
Rwanda	9	81	..	93	38	23	24	16
Samoa	..	..	..	..	36	25	25	22
San Marino	4	..	..	..	13	16	16	16
Sao Tome and Principe	11	63	89	35	59	43	43	40
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	22	21	21	17
Senegal	17	41	65	57	68	53	51	42
Serbia	6	24	..	..	20	25	25	25
Seychelles	12	..	..	..	31	27	27	26
Sierra Leone	10	54	82	77	73	52	54	44
Singapore	11	..	..	..	14	17	17	17
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	8	..	..	..	24	25	25	25
Slovenia	6	..	..	..	18	25	25	26
Solomon Islands	13	..	..	..	38	35	35	33
Somalia, Fed. Rep.	..	34	..	14	52	52	53	45
South Africa	17	32	91	41	44	29	29	31
South Sudan	..	..	..	79	61	41	42	34
Spain	10	..	..	..	15	16	16	16
Sri Lanka	18	81	97	..	25	25	23	21
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	20	24	25	19
St. Lucia	16	..	..	..	23	25	25	20
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	..	..	..	20	24	25	19
Sudan	..	..	..	9	51	36	38	34
Suriname	16	9	..	..	26	26	27	22
Sweden	4	..	..	..	15	17	17	17
Switzerland	6	..	..	..	14	15	15	17
Syrian Arab Republic	..	29	72	..	33	34	35	31
Tajikistan	9	36	91	93	37	38	40	37
Tanzania	10	58	76	96	56	48	47	38
Thailand	10	14	84	..	25	26	24	21
Timor-Leste	18	65	84	65	46	31	31	30
Togo	14	64	81	24	72	53	53	41
Tonga	..	40	..	..	34	23	23	21
Trinidad and Tobago	16	..	..	..	23	25	26	22
Tunisia	8	14	..	..	30	32	33	28
Turkiye	13	41	..	..	..	31	32	29
Turkmenistan	4	56	..	0	33	35	36	35
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	42	25	26	23
Uganda	..	65	91	38	52	34	35	26
Ukraine	6	..	..	..	26	24	24	19
United Arab Emirates	14	..	..	..	20	29	29	28
United Kingdom	7	..	..	..	16	15	14	14
United States	8	26	..	..	6	10	10	15
Uruguay	8	58	..	..	25	25	25	25
Uzbekistan	6	49	..	..	22	35	36	30
Vanuatu	13	..	..	..	31	32	32	30
Venezuela, RB	9	..	..	..	28	28	29	25
Viet Nam	6	..	..	..	23	26	25	20
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	10	39	96	..	..	31	32	24
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	11	80	40	41	36
Zambia	11	70	..	99	55	36	37	26
Zimbabwe	12	42	84	37	38	30	30	27
World	15	..	..	..	41	35	35	31
East Asia & Pacific	8	..	92	..	23	22	22	19
Europe & Central Asia	8	..	..	..	20	24	24	21
Latin America & Caribbean	10	..	..	..	21	25	26	20
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	..	..	..	..	42	35	36	35
North America	8	26	..	..	7	11	11	15
South Asia	27	59	91	60	52	46	45	51
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	45	85	72	61	43	43	36
Low income	..	51	..	67	60	43	44	38
Lower middle income	21	50	88	40	51	43	42	44
Upper middle income	8	..	..	..	24	23	24	20
High income	8	..	..	..	14	17	17	17

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