Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection (%) by country
Countries reporting
37
Highest
99.1%
Tunisia
Lowest
17.6%
Chad
Median
60.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
235
What the numbers show
Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 99.1% in Tunisia; the lowest is 17.6% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.4%, and the mean is 60.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 69.6%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 32.6%).
Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 99.1% | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 90.6% | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 3 | Cambodia | 88.0% | 2022 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 84.5% | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 5 | Guyana | 83.7% | 2020 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 81.4% | 2016 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 7 | Jordan | 78.6% | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 75.8% | 2019 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mozambique | 73.0% | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 72.6% | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 71.1% | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 70.1% | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 69.4% | 2018 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 66.2% | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 65.2% | 2020 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 64.5% | 2021 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 17 | Gambia | 63.8% | 2020 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.8% | 2021 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 60.4% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 59.3% | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 58.8% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 58.5% | 2017 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 23 | Nepal | 57.5% | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 54.1% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 25 | Madagascar | 51.5% | 2021 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 48.0% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.6% | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 46.4% | 2019 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 29 | Ghana | 43.2% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritania | 42.9% | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 31 | Nigeria | 40.6% | 2024 | up 17.7% | flat |
| 32 | Togo | 39.0% | 2017 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 34.9% | 2022 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 34 | Mali | 34.7% | 2018 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 35 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 34.2% | 2018 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 36 | Cameroon | 29.8% | 2018 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 37 | Chad | 17.6% | 2019 | down 32.6% | rising |