Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q5 (highest) 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
26.3%
Chad
Lowest
3.5%
Kyrgyzstan
Median
12.2%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
248
What the numbers show
Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 26.3% in Chad; the lowest is 3.5% in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.2%, and the mean is 13.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 79.4%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 57.7%).
Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 26.3% | 2019 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 2 | Malawi | 25.6% | 2016 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 3 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.9% | 2008 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 4 | Haiti | 23.1% | 2017 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 5 | Gambia | 22.3% | 2020 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 22.3% | 2016 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 21.3% | 2010 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 18.4% | 2016 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 18.3% | 2018 | up 79.4% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 17.9% | 2018 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 17.4% | 2018 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 12 | Senegal | 17.1% | 2019 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 14.9% | 2018 | up 55.2% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 14.0% | 2014 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 13.5% | 2014 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 16 | Jordan | 13.0% | 2018 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 16 | Kenya | 13.0% | 2014 | down 36.0% | flat |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.8% | 2016 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 18 | Madagascar | 12.8% | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 12.4% | 2019 | up 57.0% | falling |
| 21 | Indonesia | 11.9% | 2017 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 11.9% | 2012 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 11.3% | 2014 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.3% | 2019 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 25 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.2% | 2018 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 26 | Mauritania | 11.1% | 2021 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 27 | Rwanda | 11.0% | 2020 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 28 | Ghana | 9.9% | 2018 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 9.5% | 2018 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 29 | Mongolia | 9.5% | 2018 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 31 | Colombia | 9.3% | 2010 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 8.4% | 2018 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 33 | Nigeria | 8.0% | 2018 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 6.5% | 2019 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 35 | India | 6.2% | 2021 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 36 | Nepal | 5.6% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 5.5% | 2019 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 38 | Viet Nam | 5.2% | 2014 | up 36.8% | flat |
| 39 | Philippines | 4.4% | 2017 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% | 2018 | down 12.5% | volatile |
About this data
Prevalence of diarrhea: Percentage of children under age five years who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey.