Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Exclusive breastfeeding refers to the percentage of children less than six months old who are fed breast milk alone (no other liquids) in the past 24 hours.
Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Croatia (2008)98.13
2Rwanda (2005)88.4
3Chile (2006)84.5
4Afghanistan (2006)83
5Sri Lanka (2007)75.8
6Solomon Islands (2007)73.7
7Cambodia (2010)73.5
8Peru (2009)69.9
9North Korea (2004)65.1
10South Korea (2004)65.1
11Ghana (2008)62.8
12Tonga (1999)62
13Zambia (2007)60.9
14Bolivia (2008)60.4
15Uganda (2006)60.1
16Micronesia (1999)60
17Cape Verde (2005)59.6
18Palau (1995)59
19Mongolia (2005)57.2
20Uruguay (2007)57.1
21Malawi (2006)56.7
22Papua New Guinea (2006)56.1
23St. Kitts and Nevis (1998)55.6
24Lesotho (2009)53.8
25Egypt (2008)53.2
26Nepal (2006)53
27Eritrea (2002)52
28Timor-Leste (2010)51.6
29Sao Tome and Principe (2009)51.4
30Madagascar (2009)50.7
31Tanzania (2010)50
32Guatemala (2009)49.6
33Ethiopia (2005)49
34Togo (2008)48.2
35Guinea (2008)48.1
36Maldives (2009)47.8
37Colombia (2005)46.8
38South Asia (2009)46.45
39India (2006)46.4
40Moldova (2005)45.5
41Burundi (2005)44.7
42Low income (2009)43.74
43Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)43.74
44Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)43.65
45Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)43.37
46Benin (2006)43.1
47Bangladesh (2007)42.9
48Turkey (2008)41.6
49Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)41.49
50Gambia (2006)40.8
51Haiti (2006)40.7
52Vanuatu (2007)40.1
53Fiji (2004)39.8
54Brazil (2006)39.8
55Ecuador (2004)39.5
56Grenada (1998)39
57Albania (2009)38.6
58Mali (2006)37.8
59Pakistan (2007)37.1
60Mozambique (2008)36.8
61Low & middle income (2009)36.71
62Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)36.1
63Tuvalu (2007)34.7
64Mauritania (2009)34.7
65Middle income (2009)34.55
66Lower middle income (2009)34.45
67Senegal (2005)34.1
68Sudan (2006)34
69United Arab Emirates (1995)34
70Philippines (2008)34
71Bahrain (1995)33.8
72Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)33.32
73Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009)33.32
74Guyana (2009)33.2
75Swaziland (2008)32.7
76Armenia (2005)32.5
77Arab World (2009)32.3
78Kenya (2009)31.9
79Kyrgyzstan (2006)31.5
80El Salvador (2008)31.4
81Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)31.35
82Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009)31.35
83Marshall Islands (2007)31.3
84Saudi Arabia (1996)31
85Morocco (2004)31
86New Caledonia (2006)30.6
87Nicaragua (2007)30.6
88Honduras (2006)29.7
89Liberia (2007)29
90Malaysia (1996)29
91Syria (2006)28.7
92East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009)28.65
93East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)28.65
94China (2008)27.6
95Lebanon (2000)26.6
96West Bank and Gaza (2006)26.5
97Uzbekistan (2006)26.4
98Cuba (2006)26.4
99Laos (2006)26
100Zimbabwe (2009)25.9
101Tajikistan (2005)25.4
102Iraq (2006)25.1
103Panama (1996)25
104Namibia (2006)23.9
105Equatorial Guinea (2000)23.5
106Central African Republic (2006)23.1
107Iran (2005)23.1
108Paraguay (2004)21.9
109Jordan (2007)21.8
110Cameroon (2006)21.2
111Mauritius (2002)21
112Comoros (2000)20.8
113Botswana (2007)20.3
114Montenegro (2005)19.3
115Republic of the Congo (2005)19.1
116Ukraine (2007)18
117Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)17.6
118Vietnam (2006)16.9
119Kazakhstan (2006)16.8
120Guinea-Bissau (2006)16.1
121Macedonia (2006)16
122Burkina Faso (2009)16
123Romania (2004)15.8
124Costa Rica (2006)15.3
125Indonesia (2010)15.3
126Jamaica (2005)15.2
127Serbia (2005)15.1
128Burma (2003)14.7
129Nigeria (2008)13.1
130Trinidad and Tobago (2006)12.8
131Kuwait (1996)11.9
132Azerbaijan (2006)11.8
133Qatar (1998)11.7
134Yemen (2003)11.5
135Angola (2001)11.3
136Sierra Leone (2008)11.2
137Turkmenistan (2005)10.9
138Georgia (2005)10.9
139Belize (2006)10.2
140Niger (2009)9.9
141Dominican Republic (2007)9.4
142Somalia (2006)9.1
143Belarus (2005)9
144South Africa (2003)8
145Venezuela (1998)7.1
146Algeria (2006)6.9
147Tunisia (2006)6.2
148Gabon (2000)6.2
149Thailand (2005)5.4
150Ivory Coast (2006)4.3
151Chad (2004)2.1
152Suriname (2006)2
153Djibouti (2006)1.3
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