Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q2 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
42.6%
Burundi
Lowest
8.8%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
22.2%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
235
What the numbers show
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q2 is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 42.6% in Burundi; the lowest is 8.8% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.2%, and the mean is 23.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 173.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 50.9%).
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 42.6% | 2017 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 41.8% | 2017 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 33.9% | 2014 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 33.5% | 2017 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | Chad | 32.2% | 2019 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 6 | Haiti | 30.4% | 2017 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 7 | Ghana | 29.9% | 2019 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 29.0% | 2018 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 9 | Nigeria | 28.3% | 2018 | up 65.5% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 27.9% | 2019 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 27.2% | 2016 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 26.5% | 2014 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 26.2% | 2010 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Togo | 25.6% | 2017 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 25.4% | 2020 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 25.4% | 2019 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 24.5% | 2019 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 18 | Peru | 22.8% | 2012 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 21.6% | 2020 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 20 | Benin | 21.1% | 2018 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 20 | Nepal | 21.1% | 2019 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 19.4% | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 19.3% | 2017 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 24 | Mauritania | 19.0% | 2021 | up 88.1% | falling |
| 25 | Philippines | 18.6% | 2017 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 18.6% | 2018 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 27 | Cameroon | 18.4% | 2018 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 17.9% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea | 16.7% | 2018 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 15.8% | 2019 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 31 | Jordan | 15.4% | 2018 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 32 | Gambia | 15.0% | 2020 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 15.0% | 2020 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 14.5% | 2019 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 35 | Madagascar | 10.8% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.8% | 2019 | down 43.6% | volatile |
About this data
Prevalence of children with fever: Percentage of children under age five years with fever in the two weeks preceding the survey.