Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators



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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) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Rwanda (2005)88.4
2Chile (2006)84.5
3Afghanistan (2006)83
4Sri Lanka (2007)75.5
5Solomon Islands (2007)73.7
6Peru (2007)68.7
7Madagascar (2004)67.2
8South Korea (2004)65.1
9North Korea (2004)65.1
10Ghana (2008)62.8
11Tonga (1999)62
12Zambia (2007)60.9
13Bolivia (2008)60.4
14Sao Tome and Principe (2006)60.4
15Uganda (2006)60.1
16Cambodia (2005)60
17Micronesia (1999)60
18Cape Verde (2005)59.6
19Palau (1995)59
20Mongolia (2005)57.2
21Uruguay (2007)57.1
22Malawi (2006)56.7
23Papua New Guinea (2006)56.1
24St. Kitts and Nevis (1998)55.6
25Egypt (2008)53.2
26Nepal (2006)53
27Eritrea (2002)52
28China (2003)50.8
29Guatemala (2002)50.6
30Ethiopia (2005)49
31Togo (2008)48.2
32Guinea (2008)48.1
33Colombia (2005)46.8
34India (2006)46.4
35Moldova (2005)45.5
36South Asia (2008)45.13
37Burundi (2005)44.7
38Benin (2006)43.1
39Bangladesh (2007)42.9
40East Asia & Pacific (2008)42.27
41Tanzania (2004)41.3
42Gambia (2006)40.8
43Haiti (2006)40.7
44Turkey (2008)40.4
45Lower middle income (2008)40.2
46Vanuatu (2007)40.1
47Brazil (2006)39.8
48Fiji (2004)39.8
49Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)39.59
50Middle income (2008)39.51
51Albania (2006)39.5
52Ecuador (2004)39.5
53Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)39.48
54Grenada (1998)39
55Low & middle income (2008)38.97
56Mali (2006)37.8
57Low income (2008)37.46
58Pakistan (2007)37.1
59Mozambique (2008)36.8
60Lesotho (2004)36.4
61Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)36.1
62Senegal (2005)34.1
63Philippines (2008)34
64Sudan (2006)34
65United Arab Emirates (1995)34
66Bahrain (1995)33.8
67Botswana (2000)33.7
68Armenia (2005)32.5
69Swaziland (2007)32.3
70Indonesia (2007)32
71Kyrgyzstan (2006)31.5
72Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)31.47
73El Salvador (2008)31.4
74Marshall Islands (2007)31.3
75Saudi Arabia (1996)31
76Morocco (2004)31
77Timor-Leste (2003)30.7
78New Caledonia (2006)30.6
79Nicaragua (2007)30.6
80Honduras (2006)29.7
81Malaysia (1996)29
82Liberia (2007)29
83Syria (2006)28.7
84Middle East & North Africa (2008)28.66
85Lebanon (2000)26.6
86West Bank and Gaza (2006)26.5
87Uzbekistan (2006)26.4
88Cuba (2006)26.4
89Laos (2006)26
90Tajikistan (2005)25.4
91Iraq (2006)25.1
92Panama (1996)25
93Namibia (2006)23.9
94Equatorial Guinea (2000)23.5
95Croatia (1996)23.3
96Iran (2005)23.1
97Central African Republic (2006)23.1
98Zimbabwe (2005)22.2
99Paraguay (2004)21.9
100Jordan (2007)21.8
101Cameroon (2006)21.2
102Mauritius (2002)21
103Guyana (2006)21
104Comoros (2000)20.8
105Montenegro (2005)19.3
106Republic of the Congo (2005)19.1
107Ukraine (2007)18
108Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)17.6
109Vietnam (2006)16.9
110Kazakhstan (2006)16.8
111Guinea-Bissau (2006)16.1
112Macedonia (2006)16
113Mauritania (2008)15.9
114Romania (2004)15.8
115Costa Rica (2006)15.3
116Jamaica (2005)15.2
117Serbia (2005)15.1
118Burma (2003)14.7
119Nigeria (2008)13.1
120Trinidad and Tobago (2006)12.8
121Kenya (2003)12.7
122Kuwait (1996)11.9
123Azerbaijan (2006)11.8
124Qatar (1998)11.7
125Yemen (2003)11.5
126Angola (2001)11.3
127Sierra Leone (2008)11.2
128Turkmenistan (2005)10.9
129Georgia (2005)10.9
130Maldives (2001)10.4
131Belize (2006)10.2
132Dominican Republic (2007)9.4
133Somalia (2006)9.1
134Belarus (2005)9
135South Africa (2003)8
136Venezuela (1998)7.1
137Algeria (2006)6.9
138Burkina Faso (2006)6.8
139Tunisia (2006)6.2
140Gabon (2000)6.2
141Thailand (2005)5.4
142Niger (2008)4.4
143Ivory Coast (2006)4.3
144Chad (2004)2.1
145Suriname (2006)2
146Djibouti (2006)1.3
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