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Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q4 by country

Prevalence of diarrhea: Percentage of children under age five years who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey.

Countries reporting
40
Highest
31.7%
Haiti
Lowest
6.2%
Bangladesh
Median
15.6%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
248

What the numbers show

Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q4 is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 31.7% in Haiti; the lowest is 6.2% in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.6%, and the mean is 16.2%.

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

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 192.5%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 50.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 31.7% 2017 down 2.5% falling
2 Malawi 30.2% 2016 up 29.1% flat
2 Chad 30.2% 2019 up 19.4% falling
4 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 28.4% 2008 up 23.5% flat
5 Gambia 27.1% 2020 up 50.6% rising
6 Uganda 24.8% 2016 down 21.0% flat
7 Burkina Faso 21.3% 2010 down 19.0% falling
7 Kenya 21.3% 2014 up 27.5% rising
9 Guinea 20.8% 2018 up 23.8% falling
10 Zambia 20.7% 2018 down 7.2% falling
11 Mali 19.2% 2018 up 9.1% falling
12 Senegal 18.3% 2019 down 42.6% falling
13 Cameroon 18.2% 2018 up 20.5% falling
14 Egypt 17.8% 2014 down 23.3% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 17.3% 2016 up 3.6% falling
16 Dominican Republic 17.2% 2014 up 23.7% flat
17 Indonesia 16.7% 2017 up 5.7% rising
18 Rwanda 16.4% 2020 down 1.2% falling
19 Ghana 15.8% 2018 down 19.0% falling
20 Côte d'Ivoire 15.7% 2016 up 2.6% falling
21 Togo 15.4% 2014 up 14.9% falling
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.2% 2018 down 35.6% falling
23 Mauritania 14.8% 2021 down 16.4% falling
24 Zimbabwe 14.7% 2019 up 25.6% falling
25 Colombia 13.4% 2010 up 11.7% falling
26 Benin 13.0% 2018 up 21.5% falling
27 Nigeria 12.7% 2018 up 32.3% falling
28 Madagascar 12.6% 2021 up 23.5% volatile
29 Peru 11.7% 2012 down 15.8% falling
29 Kyrgyzstan 11.7% 2018 up 192.5% falling
31 Mongolia 11.3% 2018 up 32.9% rising
32 Nepal 9.3% 2019 up 8.1% falling
33 Guinea-Bissau 8.9% 2019 down 10.1% falling
34 Jordan 8.7% 2018 down 50.0% falling
35 Sierra Leone 8.5% 2019 down 47.2% falling
36 India 8.2% 2021 down 36.4% falling
37 Lesotho 7.9% 2018 down 37.8% falling
38 Philippines 7.0% 2017 down 20.5% falling
39 Viet Nam 6.5% 2014 down 11.0% falling
40 Bangladesh 6.2% 2019 down 47.9% falling

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Indicator
Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q4
Source
Household Surveys (DHS, MICS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
40 places, 248 data points, 1990–2021
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Prevalence of diarrhea: Percentage of children under age five years who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey.