Ever breastfed (0-23 months) by country

Countries reporting
56
Highest
99.96
Niger
Lowest
80.93
Jordan
Median
96.49
Years covered
39
1986–2024
Data points
404

What the numbers show

Ever breastfed (0-23 months) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 99.96 in Niger; the lowest is 80.93 in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.49, and the mean is 95.26.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 4.7%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 14.8%).

Ever breastfed: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 99.96 2022 up 1.2% flat
2 Malawi 98.97 2020 up 1.3% flat
3 Burundi 98.9 2020 up 0.2% flat
4 Peru 98.88 2024 up 0.6% flat
5 Kyrgyzstan 98.67 2023 up 0.1% flat
6 Zimbabwe 98.62 2019 up 2.0% flat
7 Nepal 98.56 2022 up 0.4% flat
8 Rwanda 98.53 2020 down 0.2% flat
9 Togo 98.32 2017 up 4.3% flat
10 Guatemala 98.3 2021 up 2.4% flat
11 Benin 98.14 2021 up 4.7% flat
12 Kenya 98.09 2022 down 0.6% flat
13 Gambia 98.04 2020 up 0.2% flat
14 Sierra Leone 97.92 2021 up 3.1% rising
15 Zambia 97.91 2018 up 0.2% flat
16 Madagascar 97.9 2024 down 1.1% flat
17 Chad 97.85 2022 up 2.3% flat
18 Türkiye 97.8 2018 up 1.1% flat
19 Viet Nam 97.65 2020 down 0.4% flat
20 Mongolia 97.6 2023 down 0.7% flat
21 Thailand 97.25 2022 up 0.5% flat
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 97.11 2023 up 1.6% flat
23 Morocco 97.1 2017 up 1.7% flat
24 Kazakhstan 97.1 2015 up 0.3% flat
25 Bangladesh 97.06 2022 up 0.3% flat
26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 96.81 2023 down 1.4% flat
27 Ghana 96.75 2022 down 2.1% flat
28 Tanzania, United Republic of 96.6 2018 down 0.3% flat
29 Mozambique 96.38 2022 down 0.9% flat
30 Mauritania 96.03 2020 up 1.3% flat
31 Uganda 96 2022 down 2.2% flat
32 Turkmenistan 95.9 2022 down 2.6% flat
33 Mali 95.87 2024 up 0.2% flat
34 Colombia 95.87 2016 down 1.3% flat
35 India 95.79 2020 down 1.4% flat
36 Guinea 95.7 2022 down 2.4% flat
37 Nigeria 95.61 2024 down 2.3% flat
38 Ethiopia 95.5 2019 down 2.0% flat
39 Ecuador 95.27 2024 down 2.4% flat
40 Mexico 95.01 2023 up 1.4% flat
41 Burkina Faso 94.93 2021 down 4.3% flat
42 Lesotho 94.74 2024 down 0.7% flat
43 Indonesia 94.1 2024 down 1.8% flat
44 Senegal 93.5 2023 down 5.0% flat
45 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 93.42 2023 down 4.8% flat
46 El Salvador 93.3 2021 down 2.9% flat
47 Dominican Republic 92.16 2019 up 0.9% flat
48 Cameroon 91.88 2018 down 6.3% flat
49 Côte d'Ivoire 91.31 2021 down 5.3% flat
50 Egypt 91.3 2021 down 4.4% flat
51 Armenia 90.95 2023 down 6.2% flat
52 Pakistan 90.46 2018 down 3.1% flat
53 Philippines 85.01 2022 down 9.3% flat
54 Haiti 83.3 2023 down 13.9% falling
55 Cambodia 81.85 2021 down 14.8% falling
56 Jordan 80.93 2023 down 13.0% falling

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Indicator
Ever breastfed (0-23 months)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
56 places, 404 data points, 1986–2024
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