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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |