Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q1 (lowest) by country
Prevalence of diarrhea: Percentage of children under age five years who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey.
What the numbers show
Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 36.1% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of; the lowest is 6.3% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.1%, and the mean is 17.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 266.7%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 61.0%).
Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.1% | 2008 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 30.2% | 2016 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 3 | Malawi | 28.7% | 2016 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 3 | Haiti | 28.7% | 2017 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 5 | Gambia | 27.1% | 2020 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 6 | Chad | 25.3% | 2019 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 24.0% | 2018 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 8 | Togo | 23.5% | 2014 | up 59.9% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 23.2% | 2018 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 23.2% | 2014 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 22.9% | 2014 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 22.5% | 2018 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 22.4% | 2014 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 14 | Ghana | 21.4% | 2018 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 21.1% | 2020 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 16 | Colombia | 21.0% | 2010 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 18.7% | 2010 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 17 | Indonesia | 18.7% | 2017 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritania | 18.1% | 2021 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 16.2% | 2012 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 16.1% | 2018 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.0% | 2016 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 23 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15.9% | 2018 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 24 | Senegal | 15.6% | 2019 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 15.4% | 2014 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 15.1% | 2019 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 27 | Nepal | 14.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 27 | Benin | 14.8% | 2018 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 29 | Jordan | 14.7% | 2018 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 30 | Madagascar | 12.6% | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 31 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 11.7% | 2016 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 11.7% | 2018 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 33 | India | 11.0% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2018 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Philippines | 9.4% | 2017 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 36 | Mongolia | 9.0% | 2018 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 37 | Lesotho | 8.4% | 2018 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 8.4% | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 7.0% | 2019 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.3% | 2019 | down 19.2% | volatile |
About this data
Prevalence of diarrhea: Percentage of children under age five years who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey.