Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding) by country
Children with diarrhea who received oral rehydration and continued feeding refer to the percentage of children under age five with diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the survey who received either oral rehydration therapy or increased fluids, with continued feeding.
What the numbers show
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 71.0% in Mongolia; the lowest is 19.3% in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 44.4%, and the mean is 43.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 135.8%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 37.7%).
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 71.0% | 2018 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 70.5% | 2016 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 3 | Nepal | 62.4% | 2019 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 61.0% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 59.7% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 6 | Sudan | 59.3% | 2014 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 7 | Zambia | 57.1% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.3% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 9 | Lesotho | 54.5% | 2018 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 54.0% | 2019 | up 135.8% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 52.0% | 2010 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 51.6% | 2014 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 51.0% | 2021 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 50.9% | 2019 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 15 | Gambia | 47.0% | 2020 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46.6% | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 17 | Jordan | 46.2% | 2018 | up 43.5% | flat |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 45.6% | 2019 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 19 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 45.5% | 2016 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 20 | Kenya | 45.1% | 2014 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 21 | Philippines | 44.8% | 2017 | down 24.8% | flat |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 44.4% | 2015 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 43.5% | 2020 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.0% | 2016 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Madagascar | 42.4% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 42.4% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 27 | Malawi | 41.0% | 2020 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 28 | Yemen | 39.7% | 2013 | up 120.6% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 38.9% | 2019 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 38.7% | 2018 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 31 | Cameroon | 38.1% | 2018 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 32 | Guyana | 36.7% | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 33 | Nigeria | 36.4% | 2018 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 34 | Burundi | 35.0% | 2017 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 34.2% | 2018 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 36 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 30.8% | 2018 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 37 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 29.0% | 2008 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 38 | Benin | 28.0% | 2018 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 25.1% | 2017 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 40 | Chad | 24.5% | 2019 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 41 | Egypt | 21.9% | 2014 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 21.0% | 2021 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 19.3% | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
About this data
Children with diarrhea who received oral rehydration and continued feeding refer to the percentage of children under age five with diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the survey who received either oral rehydration therapy or increased fluids, with continued feeding.