Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q3 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
40.4%
Burundi
Lowest
7.8%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
20.9%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
235
What the numbers show
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q3 is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 40.4% in Burundi; the lowest is 7.8% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.9%, and the mean is 22.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 203.2%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 53.6%).
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q3: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 40.4% | 2017 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 1 | Malawi | 40.4% | 2017 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 35.1% | 2019 | up 36.0% | flat |
| 4 | Uganda | 32.9% | 2019 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 32.8% | 2017 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 32.5% | 2014 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 7 | Ghana | 32.3% | 2019 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 8 | Haiti | 30.6% | 2017 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 9 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 28.1% | 2018 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 10 | Egypt | 26.2% | 2014 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 25.5% | 2016 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 25.2% | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 25.1% | 2019 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 14 | Togo | 24.5% | 2017 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 23.7% | 2018 | up 48.1% | falling |
| 16 | Liberia | 22.8% | 2020 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 21.5% | 2017 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 18 | Nepal | 21.1% | 2019 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 20.7% | 2018 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 20.6% | 2012 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 21 | Rwanda | 20.3% | 2020 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 19.1% | 2019 | up 203.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 19.1% | 2018 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 24 | Kenya | 17.9% | 2020 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 17.2% | 2018 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 26 | Cameroon | 16.6% | 2018 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 16.5% | 2019 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 28 | Philippines | 16.1% | 2017 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 28 | Mauritania | 16.1% | 2021 | up 62.6% | falling |
| 30 | Mali | 15.2% | 2018 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 31 | Senegal | 14.9% | 2019 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 14.6% | 2020 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 33 | Jordan | 13.7% | 2018 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 12.8% | 2018 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 35 | Madagascar | 12.0% | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.8% | 2019 | down 53.6% | 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.