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