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Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1 (lowest) by country

Prevalence of children with fever: Percentage of children under age five years with fever in the two weeks preceding the survey.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
48.4%
Burundi
Lowest
10.4%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
22.1%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
234

What the numbers show

Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 48.4% in Burundi; the lowest is 10.4% in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.1%, and the mean is 24.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 171.6%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 59.7%).

Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 48.4% 2017 up 42.8% rising
2 Malawi 47.0% 2017 up 26.7% falling
3 Ghana 35.0% 2019 up 77.7% rising
4 Dominican Republic 33.9% 2014 up 12.6% flat
5 Chad 32.7% 2019 up 23.4% rising
6 Nigeria 32.5% 2018 up 82.6% flat
6 Haiti 32.5% 2017 up 11.7% falling
8 Indonesia 32.1% 2017 down 7.8% rising
9 Uganda 31.5% 2019 down 42.8% falling
10 Egypt 30.3% 2014 down 9.3% falling
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.4% 2018 down 15.5% falling
12 Colombia 25.8% 2010 up 7.9% rising
13 Côte d'Ivoire 25.0% 2016 down 16.7% falling
14 Togo 24.4% 2017 up 26.4% falling
15 Burkina Faso 23.2% 2018 up 29.6% falling
15 Liberia 23.2% 2020 down 41.6% falling
17 Bangladesh 23.1% 2019 down 40.6% falling
18 Nepal 22.1% 2019 up 26.3% falling
19 Zimbabwe 22.0% 2019 up 171.6% rising
20 Peru 21.5% 2012 down 30.4% falling
21 Tanzania, United Republic of 21.1% 2017 up 23.4% falling
22 Kenya 20.5% 2020 down 22.1% falling
23 Zambia 20.3% 2018 up 18.0% falling
24 Rwanda 19.5% 2020 up 9.6% falling
25 Mauritania 19.2% 2021 up 57.4% falling
26 Philippines 18.7% 2017 down 24.6% falling
27 Benin 17.9% 2018 down 38.7% volatile
28 Sierra Leone 17.6% 2019 down 25.1% falling
29 Mali 17.5% 2018 down 2.2% falling
30 Gambia 15.4% 2020 up 144.4% rising
31 Guinea 15.3% 2018 down 59.7% falling
32 Cameroon 14.8% 2018 up 0.7% rising
33 Senegal 14.4% 2019 down 51.4% falling
34 Madagascar 13.5% 2021 down 2.2% falling
35 Jordan 13.4% 2018 up 0.8% falling
36 Guinea-Bissau 10.4% 2019 down 23.0% volatile

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Indicator
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
Source
Household Surveys (DHS, MICS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 234 data points, 1990–2021
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Prevalence of children with fever: Percentage of children under age five years with fever in the two weeks preceding the survey.