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Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) by country

Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Countries reporting
96
Highest
95.4%
Nicaragua
Lowest
13.2%
Somalia
Median
42.1%
Years covered
37
1985–2021
Data points
813

What the numbers show

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 95.4% in Nicaragua; the lowest is 13.2% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.1%, and the mean is 43.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 162.7%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 55.7%).

Diarrhea treatment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nicaragua 95.4% 2012 up 90.8% rising
2 Sierra Leone 85.3% 2019 up 25.4% rising
3 Eswatini 84.0% 2014 down 1.8% flat
4 Maldives 74.8% 2017 up 31.2% volatile
5 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 74.1% 2017 up 0.1% volatile
6 Thailand 72.5% 2016 up 28.1% rising
7 Bangladesh 72.4% 2019 down 5.5% rising
8 El Salvador 69.8% 2014 up 35.8% rising
9 Zambia 66.8% 2019 up 11.5% rising
10 Jamaica 64.1% 2011 up 162.7% volatile
11 Myanmar 61.9% 2016 up 16.6% rising
12 Tajikistan 61.7% 2017 up 27.5% rising
13 Mexico 61.4% 2015 — falling
14 Iran, Islamic Republic of 61.4% 2011 — rising
15 Kiribati 61.3% 2019 down 0.3% volatile
16 India 60.6% 2021 up 54.2% rising
17 Nepal 59.5% 2019 up 52.6% rising
18 Oman 58.7% 2014 — volatile
19 Samoa 58.6% 2020 down 13.8% volatile
20 Mongolia 58.2% 2018 up 90.2% rising
21 Viet Nam 58.1% 2021 up 24.9% flat
22 Costa Rica 56.3% 2018 up 40.8% falling
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 56.1% 2017 up 21.4% rising
24 Belize 55.2% 2016 up 104.4% falling
25 Guinea 54.9% 2018 up 65.9% volatile
26 Colombia 54.1% 2010 up 155.2% rising
26 Liberia 54.1% 2020 up 1.9% volatile
28 Sri Lanka 54.0% 2016 up 5.7% rising
29 Kenya 53.8% 2014 up 84.2% rising
30 Dominican Republic 53.2% 2019 up 66.8% rising
31 Honduras 52.9% 2019 down 5.0% rising
32 Panama 52.4% 2013 — rising
33 Malawi 51.4% 2020 down 25.5% rising
34 Syrian Arab Republic 49.8% 2006 up 71.7% volatile
35 Guatemala 48.8% 2015 up 44.4% rising
36 Ghana 47.8% 2018 up 7.4% rising
37 Vanuatu 47.6% 2013 up 105.2% rising
38 Uganda 46.7% 2016 up 17.9% volatile
39 Mozambique 45.9% 2015 down 5.4% rising
40 Ecuador 45.8% 2012 up 55.8% volatile
41 Suriname 45.6% 2018 up 4.6% rising
42 Philippines 44.8% 2017 down 3.7% rising
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 44.8% 2016 down 16.9% rising
44 Jordan 44.4% 2018 up 124.2% falling
45 Gambia 44.3% 2020 up 13.9% volatile
46 Brazil 43.6% 1996 up 9.0% flat
47 Botswana 42.9% 2007 down 12.3% falling
48 Angola 42.6% 2016 — volatile
49 Sao Tome and Principe 41.6% 2019 down 15.1% rising
50 Niger 40.8% 2015 up 131.8% volatile
51 Equatorial Guinea 40.4% 2011 up 39.8% rising
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 40.0% 2016 up 38.9% falling
52 Nigeria 40.0% 2018 up 56.9% rising
54 Afghanistan 39.9% 2018 down 25.1% rising
55 Lesotho 39.7% 2018 down 22.6% falling
56 Guyana 39.6% 2020 down 20.5% volatile
56 Tunisia 39.6% 2018 down 27.5% rising
58 Burkina Faso 39.5% 2015 up 139.4% rising
59 Haiti 39.3% 2017 down 2.5% rising
60 Comoros 37.5% 2012 up 102.7% volatile
61 Pakistan 37.4% 2018 down 9.0% flat
62 Armenia 36.9% 2016 up 48.2% rising
63 Solomon Islands 36.6% 2015 down 2.9% falling
64 Kyrgyzstan 36.4% 2018 up 80.2% flat
65 Indonesia 36.1% 2017 up 4.0% falling
66 Burundi 35.6% 2017 up 2.3% rising
67 Cuba 35.2% 2019 down 31.1% falling
67 Cambodia 35.2% 2014 up 66.8% volatile
69 Zimbabwe 32.8% 2019 up 3.5% volatile
70 Guinea-Bissau 30.0% 2019 up 60.4% volatile
70 Papua New Guinea 30.0% 2018 — volatile
72 Ethiopia 29.5% 2016 up 48.2% rising
73 Egypt 28.4% 2014 up 0.7% falling
74 Paraguay 28.2% 2016 — falling
75 Rwanda 28.0% 2020 down 3.8% rising
76 Algeria 27.3% 2019 up 47.6% rising
77 Congo 26.9% 2015 up 47.8% volatile
78 Gabon 26.1% 2012 up 5.2% rising
79 Senegal 26.0% 2019 up 16.1% rising
80 Iraq 25.4% 2018 down 17.3% falling
81 Yemen 25.3% 2013 down 22.6% volatile
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24.1% 2018 down 21.8% rising
83 Central African Republic 23.4% 2019 up 50.0% rising
84 Peru 22.4% 2020 down 30.4% rising
85 Benin 22.2% 2018 down 4.7% rising
86 Morocco 22.1% 2011 down 3.5% falling
87 Mali 21.4% 2018 up 52.9% volatile
88 Madagascar 19.6% 2021 up 16.0% rising
88 Sudan 19.6% 2014 down 37.4% rising
90 Mauritania 19.5% 2021 up 3.7% volatile
91 Cameroon 17.9% 2018 up 39.8% volatile
92 Chad 17.4% 2019 up 30.8% volatile
93 Côte d'Ivoire 16.5% 2016 up 61.8% rising
94 Argentina 15.4% 2020 down 12.0% volatile
95 Togo 13.6% 2017 up 33.3% falling
96 Somalia 13.2% 2006 down 55.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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About this data

Indicator
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)
Unit
% of children under 5 who received ORS packet
Source
State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
101 places, 813 data points, 1985–2021
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Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).