Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months by country

Countries reporting
54
Highest
93.7
Nepal
Lowest
11.6
United States
Median
63.45
Years covered
39
1986–2024
Data points
406

What the numbers show

Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 93.7 in Nepal; the lowest is 11.6 in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 63.45, and the mean is 60.25.

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

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 87.1%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 38.8%).

Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 93.7 2022 unchanged flat
2 Rwanda 90.4 2020 up 0.3% flat
3 Bangladesh 90.3 2022 down 3.0% falling
4 Burundi 87.1 2019 down 2.0% flat
5 Malawi 83.2 2020 down 4.5% flat
6 Ethiopia 81.1 2019 down 9.8% falling
7 Burkina Faso 80.7 2021 down 10.8% falling
8 India 80.2 2020 down 2.8% flat
9 Togo 79.8 2017 up 32.6% falling
10 Niger 78.5 2022 up 0.1% falling
11 Guinea 77.6 2018 down 11.1% falling
12 Mali 75.8 2024 down 5.7% flat
13 Gambia 74 2020 up 11.4% flat
15 Madagascar 72.8 2024 down 5.0% flat
16 Senegal 72.7 2023 down 7.0% flat
17 Tanzania 72.2 2015 down 6.8% falling
18 Peru 71.9 2024 up 9.8% rising
19 Democratic Republic of Congo 71.4 2023 down 12.9% falling
20 Chad 71.2 2022 down 6.9% falling
21 Benin 69.2 2021 up 1.9% falling
22 Mozambique 67.6 2022 down 10.3% falling
23 Ghana 67.2 2022 down 2.3% falling
24 Mauritania 67.1 2020 up 1.7% falling
25 Guatemala 65.5 2021 up 4.1% falling
26 Kenya 65.2 2022 down 13.5% falling
27 Indonesia 64.9 2024 down 3.6% falling
28 Mongolia 63.8 2023 down 3.5% falling
29 Zambia 63.1 2018 down 14.1% flat
30 Uganda 62.8 2022 down 8.7% falling
31 Cote d'Ivoire 58.6 2021 down 9.7% falling
32 Nigeria 57.7 2024 down 9.3% falling
33 Egypt 57.4 2021 up 0.5% falling
34 Philippines 57.1 2022 up 12.2% rising
35 Haiti 55.8 2023 down 4.9% falling
36 Tajikistan 54.6 2023 down 15.3% flat
37 Sierra Leone 53.8 2021 down 21.1% falling
38 Turkey 52.7 2018 up 19.5% rising
39 Guyana 52 2019 down 11.1% rising
40 Kyrgyzstan 50.5 2023 down 10.0% flat
41 Zimbabwe 50.3 2019 down 4.7% falling
42 Bolivia 49.6 2023 down 19.1% flat
43 Vietnam 43.9 2020 down 4.8% falling
44 Cameroon 43.3 2018 down 19.4% falling
45 Colombia 42.3 2016 down 6.4% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 41.7 2022 up 22.6% rising
47 Cambodia 40.4 2021 down 38.8% falling
48 Lesotho 39.8 2024 down 25.6% falling
49 Mexico 39.1 2023 up 8.3% rising
50 Laos 37 2023 down 34.9% falling
51 Eswatini 33.7 2021 up 3.7% falling
52 Thailand 23.9 2022 down 7.7% falling
52 Jordan 23.9 2023 down 13.7% falling
54 Dominican Republic 21.6 2019 down 2.3% rising
55 United States 11.6 2018 up 87.1% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
55 places, 406 data points, 1986–2024
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