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Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4 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
36.9%
Malawi
Lowest
9.5%
Madagascar
Median
20.6%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
235

What the numbers show

Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4 is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 36.9% in Malawi; the lowest is 9.5% in Madagascar.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.6%, and the mean is 21.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 131.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 49.1%).

Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 36.9% 2017 up 2.2% falling
2 Burundi 35.7% 2017 up 18.6% rising
3 Chad 34.9% 2019 up 35.8% falling
4 Haiti 34.4% 2017 up 21.6% falling
5 Indonesia 31.9% 2017 up 4.9% rising
6 Liberia 27.6% 2020 down 37.8% falling
6 Dominican Republic 27.6% 2014 up 4.5% falling
8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 27.3% 2018 down 17.0% falling
9 Egypt 26.4% 2014 down 15.9% falling
9 Côte d'Ivoire 26.4% 2016 up 23.9% falling
11 Togo 25.9% 2017 up 40.8% falling
12 Ghana 25.6% 2019 up 30.6% rising
13 Colombia 25.3% 2010 down 4.2% rising
14 Bangladesh 24.6% 2019 down 36.3% falling
15 Uganda 23.0% 2019 down 43.1% falling
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 21.6% 2017 up 20.7% falling
17 Zimbabwe 20.8% 2019 up 131.1% rising
18 Nepal 20.7% 2019 up 1.5% falling
19 Benin 20.6% 2018 down 30.6% falling
20 Burkina Faso 19.7% 2018 down 11.3% falling
21 Nigeria 19.4% 2018 up 30.2% falling
22 Peru 18.7% 2012 down 8.3% falling
23 Rwanda 17.6% 2020 up 47.9% falling
24 Senegal 17.2% 2019 down 48.2% falling
25 Sierra Leone 16.9% 2019 down 31.9% falling
26 Guinea 16.7% 2018 down 49.1% falling
26 Gambia 16.7% 2020 up 116.9% rising
26 Kenya 16.7% 2020 down 35.8% falling
29 Mauritania 14.6% 2021 up 47.5% falling
30 Philippines 14.4% 2017 down 25.8% falling
31 Zambia 13.6% 2018 down 29.2% falling
32 Guinea-Bissau 12.9% 2019 down 40.0% volatile
32 Cameroon 12.9% 2018 down 30.3% falling
34 Mali 12.6% 2018 down 34.4% falling
35 Jordan 10.0% 2018 down 36.3% falling
36 Madagascar 9.5% 2021 down 35.8% falling

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Indicator
Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4
Source
Household Surveys (DHS, MICS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 235 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.