Continued breastfeeding (12-23 months) by country

Countries reporting
55
Highest
93.65
Nepal
Lowest
11.55
United States
Median
63.8
Years covered
39
1986–2024
Data points
406

What the numbers show

Continued breastfeeding (12-23 months) is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 93.65 in Nepal; the lowest is 11.55 in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 63.8, and the mean is 60.48.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 87.1%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 38.8%).

Continued breastfeeding: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 93.65 2022 down 0.0% flat
2 Rwanda 90.4 2020 up 0.4% flat
3 Bangladesh 90.34 2022 down 3.0% falling
4 Burundi 87.15 2019 down 2.0% flat
5 Malawi 83.2 2020 down 4.5% flat
6 Ethiopia 81.08 2019 down 9.8% falling
7 Burkina Faso 80.66 2021 down 10.9% falling
8 India 80.2 2020 down 2.8% flat
9 Togo 79.84 2017 up 32.5% falling
10 Niger 78.51 2022 up 0.1% falling
11 Guinea 77.62 2018 down 11.1% falling
12 Mali 75.77 2024 down 5.8% flat
13 Gambia 74.04 2020 up 11.5% flat
14 Central African Republic 73.11 2019 up 10.7% falling
15 Madagascar 72.8 2024 down 5.0% flat
16 Senegal 72.67 2023 down 7.1% flat
17 Tanzania, United Republic of 72.23 2015 down 6.8% falling
18 Peru 71.88 2024 up 9.8% rising
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 71.41 2023 down 12.9% falling
20 Chad 71.18 2022 down 7.0% falling
21 Benin 69.23 2021 up 1.9% falling
22 Mozambique 67.61 2022 down 10.3% falling
23 Ghana 67.21 2022 down 2.3% falling
24 Mauritania 67.13 2020 up 1.7% falling
25 Guatemala 65.5 2021 up 4.1% falling
26 Kenya 65.17 2022 down 13.6% falling
27 Indonesia 64.9 2024 down 3.6% falling
28 Mongolia 63.8 2023 down 3.4% falling
29 Zambia 63.07 2018 down 14.2% flat
30 Uganda 62.8 2022 down 8.8% falling
31 Côte d'Ivoire 58.56 2021 down 9.7% falling
32 Nigeria 57.71 2024 down 9.2% falling
33 Egypt 57.4 2021 up 0.6% falling
34 Philippines 57.13 2022 up 12.1% rising
35 Haiti 55.8 2023 down 4.9% falling
36 Tajikistan 54.65 2023 down 15.3% flat
37 Sierra Leone 53.78 2021 down 21.2% falling
38 Türkiye 52.7 2018 up 19.5% rising
39 Guyana 52.04 2019 down 11.1% rising
40 Kyrgyzstan 50.55 2023 down 9.8% flat
41 Zimbabwe 50.35 2019 down 4.6% falling
42 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49.62 2023 down 19.0% flat
43 Viet Nam 43.94 2020 down 4.6% falling
44 Cameroon 43.3 2018 down 19.3% falling
45 Colombia 42.28 2016 down 6.5% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 41.71 2022 up 22.7% rising
47 Cambodia 40.39 2021 down 38.8% falling
48 Lesotho 39.76 2024 down 25.7% falling
49 Mexico 39.06 2023 up 8.3% rising
50 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.97 2023 down 34.9% falling
51 Eswatini 33.69 2021 up 3.5% falling
52 Jordan 23.94 2023 down 13.6% falling
53 Thailand 23.87 2022 down 7.8% falling
54 Dominican Republic 21.57 2019 down 2.3% rising
55 United States 11.55 2018 up 87.1% rising

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Indicator
Continued breastfeeding (12-23 months)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
55 places, 406 data points, 1986–2024
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