Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) by country
Prevalence of anemia, children ages 6-59 months, is the percentage of children ages 6-59 months whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter, adjusted for altitude.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
79.5%
Yemen
Lowest
6.1%
United States of America
Median
27.1%
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,716
What the numbers show
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 79.5% in Yemen; the lowest is 6.1% in United States of America.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.1%, and the mean is 33.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 30.1%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 62.9%).
Prevalence of anemia among children: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 79.5% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Mali | 79.0% | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 76.6% | 2019 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 4 | Guinea | 73.8% | 2019 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 73.6% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 73.4% | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Togo | 72.4% | 2019 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 8 | Liberia | 72.3% | 2019 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 72.2% | 2019 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 10 | Niger | 72.0% | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 11 | Benin | 71.0% | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 68.9% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 68.2% | 2019 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.0% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 15 | Senegal | 67.9% | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Chad | 66.3% | 2019 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 17 | Mauritania | 65.5% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 64.9% | 2019 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.3% | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 62.4% | 2019 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 60.8% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 22 | South Sudan | 60.5% | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 23 | Haiti | 60.1% | 2019 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 59.5% | 2019 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 59.2% | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 58.8% | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 27 | Burundi | 58.0% | 2019 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 28 | Gabon | 57.9% | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 29 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 56.1% | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 55.1% | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 30 | Zambia | 55.1% | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 53.9% | 2019 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 33 | India | 53.4% | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 34 | Pakistan | 53.0% | 2019 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 35 | Gambia | 52.3% | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 52.1% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 37 | Djibouti | 52.0% | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 38 | Somalia | 51.8% | 2019 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 39 | Uganda | 51.7% | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 40 | Lesotho | 51.4% | 2019 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 41 | Sudan | 50.8% | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 42 | Myanmar | 49.6% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 43 | Madagascar | 49.5% | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 44 | Kiribati | 49.4% | 2019 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 45 | Cambodia | 49.0% | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 46 | Eritrea | 48.8% | 2019 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 46.7% | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 48 | Timor-Leste | 46.3% | 2019 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 49 | Namibia | 46.1% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 44.9% | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 51 | Bhutan | 44.7% | 2019 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 52 | Nepal | 44.6% | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 53 | South Africa | 44.4% | 2019 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 44.1% | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 55 | Botswana | 43.3% | 2019 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 43.1% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 57 | Kenya | 42.8% | 2019 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 58 | Eswatini | 42.7% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 41.9% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 60 | Naoero | 41.8% | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 41.4% | 2019 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 62 | Fiji | 39.9% | 2019 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 39.5% | 2019 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 64 | Indonesia | 38.4% | 2019 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 38.1% | 2019 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 66 | Rwanda | 37.9% | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 67 | Maldives | 37.8% | 2019 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 37.8% | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 37.0% | 2019 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.9% | 2019 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 71 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 36.7% | 2019 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 72 | Samoa | 35.5% | 2019 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 73 | Algeria | 34.3% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 74 | Tonga | 34.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Palau | 33.5% | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.4% | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 33.1% | 2019 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.9% | 2019 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 79 | Jordan | 32.7% | 2019 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 80 | Egypt | 32.2% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 81 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 31.6% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 31.0% | 2019 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 83 | Albania | 30.9% | 2019 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 84 | Mauritius | 30.7% | 2019 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 85 | Seychelles | 30.6% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 86 | Morocco | 30.4% | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 86 | Tunisia | 30.4% | 2019 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 88 | Dominica | 29.8% | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 89 | Peru | 29.6% | 2019 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 90 | Iraq | 29.4% | 2019 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 91 | Guyana | 29.3% | 2019 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 27.9% | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 92 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 27.9% | 2019 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 27.8% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 95 | Romania | 27.1% | 2019 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 27.0% | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 97 | Libya | 26.6% | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 98 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 26.5% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 26.2% | 2019 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 100 | Suriname | 25.9% | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 101 | Ukraine | 25.6% | 2019 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 25.1% | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 102 | Uruguay | 25.1% | 2019 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 104 | Thailand | 24.9% | 2019 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 24.8% | 2019 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 24.6% | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 106 | Malaysia | 24.6% | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 24.6% | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.3% | 2019 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 109 | Oman | 24.3% | 2019 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 24.1% | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 112 | Slovakia | 23.7% | 2019 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 113 | Grenada | 23.6% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 113 | Jamaica | 23.6% | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 23.5% | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 116 | Bahrain | 23.4% | 2019 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 23.0% | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.9% | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 118 | Viet Nam | 22.9% | 2019 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 120 | Lebanon | 22.8% | 2019 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 22.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Qatar | 22.4% | 2019 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 123 | Colombia | 22.2% | 2019 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 21.9% | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 21.9% | 2019 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 21.8% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 127 | Mexico | 21.7% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 127 | Mongolia | 21.7% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 20.9% | 2019 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 20.4% | 2019 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 130 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.4% | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 20.4% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 133 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.3% | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 134 | Belize | 20.2% | 2019 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 20.2% | 2019 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 136 | Chile | 20.1% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 137 | Barbados | 20.0% | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 137 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.0% | 2019 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 139 | Kuwait | 19.8% | 2019 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 140 | Armenia | 19.6% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 141 | Serbia | 19.5% | 2019 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 142 | Latvia | 19.4% | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 143 | Argentina | 19.0% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 19.0% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 145 | China | 18.8% | 2019 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 146 | Czechia | 18.7% | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 18.2% | 2019 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 148 | Cuba | 18.1% | 2019 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 148 | Hungary | 18.1% | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 150 | Estonia | 18.0% | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 151 | Bahamas | 17.9% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 152 | Belarus | 17.8% | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 152 | Lithuania | 17.8% | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 154 | Belgium | 17.4% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 154 | Malta | 17.4% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.2% | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 157 | Greece | 16.7% | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 157 | Japan | 16.7% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 159 | Panama | 16.0% | 2019 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 160 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.5% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 160 | Netherlands | 15.5% | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 162 | New Zealand | 15.3% | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 163 | Germany | 15.1% | 2019 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 164 | Korea | 15.0% | 2019 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 165 | Italy | 14.9% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 166 | France | 14.7% | 2019 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 166 | Montenegro | 14.7% | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 168 | Austria | 14.6% | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 168 | Spain | 14.6% | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 168 | Sweden | 14.6% | 2019 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 171 | Cyprus | 14.5% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 171 | Denmark | 14.5% | 2019 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 173 | Israel | 14.3% | 2019 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 173 | Monaco | 14.3% | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 173 | Portugal | 14.3% | 2019 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 176 | Andorra | 14.1% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 176 | Ireland | 14.1% | 2019 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 178 | Switzerland | 14.0% | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 179 | Norway | 13.5% | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 179 | Philippines | 13.5% | 2019 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 179 | Singapore | 13.5% | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 182 | Australia | 13.3% | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 183 | Canada | 13.2% | 2019 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 184 | San Marino | 12.8% | 2019 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 185 | Finland | 11.8% | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 11.7% | 2019 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 187 | Brazil | 11.6% | 2019 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 188 | Iceland | 11.0% | 2019 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 189 | Guatemala | 9.8% | 2019 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 190 | United States of America | 6.1% | 2019 | up 5.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 69.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 61.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 60.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 60.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 59.0%
- Low income 58.9%
- IDA blend 57.7%
- Least developed countries 57.6%
- IDA total 56.7%
- IDA only 56.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 54.4%
- Lower middle income 52.9%
- South Asia 51.7%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 51.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 44.6%
- Low & middle income 43.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 43.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 43.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 43.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 42.1%
- World 40.5%
- Middle income 40.4%
- Arab World 40.1%
- Other small states 38.5%
- Pacific island small states 37.8%
- Small states 35.4%
- IBRD only 34.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 25.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 24.2%
- Caribbean Small States 24.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 24.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 23.5%
- Upper middle income 23.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 20.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 20.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 20.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 19.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 19.8%
About this data
Prevalence of anemia, children ages 6-59 months, is the percentage of children ages 6-59 months whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter, adjusted for altitude.