UNICEF Expanded Global Databases Early Initiation May2019
UNICEF Expanded Global Databases Early Initiation May2019
UNICEF Expanded Global Databases Early Initiation May2019
Denominator: Children born in the last 2 years Children born in the last 2 years
Suggested Citation: United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data Research and Policy (2019). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Infant and Young Child Feeding:
Early initiation of breastfeeding, Ever Breastfed, New York, May 2019.
ISO Three-digit alphabetical codes International Standard ISO 3166-1 assigned by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The latest
version is available online at http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.htm
(column B)
Countries and areas The UNICEF Global databases contain a set of 202 countries as reported on through the State of the World's Children Statistical Annex 2017.
(column C)
Data Source Years Represents the year(s) in which the data collection (e.g. survey interviews) took place. (column E)
Data Source Years* Represents a single year in which majority of fieldwork took place in case of surveys where data collection begins in one calendar year and continues
to next (column F)
Estimate Type The source of the estimate, whether as reported, re-analyzed, etc., (column I)
Reanalyzed Dataset has been obtained, standardized and reanalyzed to conform to the definition. Lower and Upper Confidence limits are based on a 95% confidence level
Reported Point Estimate, and when available, other information including sample size, lower and upper confidence limits, are based on results from the report.
DHS Stat Estimate was taken from DHS-Statcompiler(https://www.statcompiler.com/en/)
Sample size The weighted sample size which the point estimate is based on
Additional parameters such as standard errors and unweighted sample sizes are available. Please contact data.unicef.org
Background Characteristics Where available, the point estimates and other parameters are presented by a variety of background characteristics including (i) sex (male and
female); (ii) area of residence (urban and rural); (iii) wealth quintiles (based on asset-based wealth scores); (iv) mother's education; (v) Alternate
wealth breakdowns (ie. not quintiles); and (vi) geographic area of residence. The location of dissagregations is as below:
Disclaimer
All reasonable precautions have been taken to verify the information in this database. In no event shall UNICEF be liable for damages arising from its use or interpretation.
Early initiation of breastfeeding Children born in the last 24 months
Percentage of children born in the last 2 years who were put to the breast within one hour of birth
National
Short Source Full Source Estimate Type Point Estimate Lower Limit
37.8 5,890.9
42.6 4,126.0
46.1 4,362.5
28.1 3,586.3
34.0 3,039.3 28.2 24.8 31.8 1,505.4
39.6 3,390.3
72.5 3,486.0 69.9 66.4 73.1 1,803.8
81.0 1,142.4
54.2 635.3
931.0
52.4 3,435.0 47.6 42.5 52.7 1,753.2
46.2 5,035.6
54.6 7,167.7 50.7 47.7 53.7 3,573.0
1,620.0
198.0
64.4 4,062.1 60.5 57.7 63.2 2,073.8
62.9 3,900.2 61.4 58.0 64.7 2,004.2
47.6 1,395.4 42.6 37.4 48.0 688.9
40.1 4,505.1
1
1
1
1
1
44.7 1,825.2
1
62.0 1,147.3 57.0 52.9 61.0 594.7
57.9 1,030.8
52.4 959.5
50.0 4,599.6 47.3 43.8 50.8 2,350.9
68.8 4,320.9 65.7 62.2 69.0 2,253.4
54.7 4,452.8 49.0 45.1 52.9 2,326.9
75.6 4,307.8 71.3 68.2 74.3 2,091.5
1
36.0 3,039.4
47.5 740.8
65.1 749.9 62.7 55.7 69.2 378.1
53.1 769.2
67.3 1,718.9
70.4 1,993.3
85.3 2,156.6
70.0 1,196.6
85.9 1,696.3 83.5 80.3 86.2 900.6
84.7 1,675.2
30.0 1,973.6 25.4 22.2 28.9 965.6
33.5 1,532.2
41.4 4,305.9
52.3 4,231.1 50.3 47.5 53.1 2,223.3
1
59.6 1,498.3 53.5 49.4 57.6 781.0
52.7 1,605.8 49.5 45.5 53.6 794.5
68.3 1,369.2 65.0 60.4 69.4 676.0
69.1 2,119.7 67.2 63.2 70.9 1,122.4
65.0 2,649.6 58.8 54.2 63.2 1,394.4
46.7 3,532.8
58.4 3,570.8
64.7 4,150.1
1
54.7 1,731.9
80.0 1,457.2
74.2 1,654.0
73.3 2,389.0
1,104.0 80.3 554.0
32.1 211.2
19.8 327.9
50.5 2,242.6 48.1 45.1 51.2 1,109.3
29.3 2,324.6
1
70.4 1,386.5 68.4 64.3 72.4 714.1
53.5 3,103.7 50.4 46.7 54.1 1,587.0
1
1
1
63.5 4,472.0
43.4 2,941.1
74.9 5,485.0 73.3 71.1 75.4 2,759.0
70.8 5,621.6
38.3 776.4
48.0 1,060.1
34.3 3,956.7
1
65.2 1,711.0
53.2 2,045.4 50.0 46.0 53.9 1,046.8
65.0 2,480.9 61.9 57.8 65.9 1,280.9
52.8 1,848,778.4
50.4 1,913.5
44.4 2,092.2
33.5 565.6
26.4 361.5
1
81.3 3,647.2 79.4 77.1 81.4 1,900.9
78.9 739,502.9 77.3 74.9 79.5 384,577.8
77.7 2,865.6 74.4 71.2 77.3 1,474.1
38.8 1,627.5
48.9 1,791.9
63.3 2,682.3 58.5 55.2 61.7 1,377.6
1
46.4 417.3
43.9 1,163.6
1
65.8 869.5
76.7 1,475.8
1
70.3 2,071.5
76.7 754.7
1
58.0 831.8 54.0 48.5 59.3 423.2
47.7 966.7
43.6 1,382.5
29.1 1,464.1
32.9 1,610.2
54.7 6,110.0 52.2 49.6 54.7 3,092.4
44.4
48.5 43.3 53.8 1,681.9 48.2 42.7 53.8
46.4 42.9 50.0
53.2 49.9 56.4 3,594.7 47.6 43.6 51.6
47.8
42.6 31.6
733.4 46.5 39.8 53.3 430.2 45.5 38.7
38.5 35.0
43.8 41.1
24.9 21.9
296.3 25.6 11.6 47.3 43.2 z 30.9 27.7
37.9 34.9
1,001.9 69.3 66.3 72.2 2,340.0 61.4 45.7
211.8 76.7 71.1 81.4 909.6 62.0 24.6
112.4 45.2 38.7 51.8 517.5
33.4 31.1
42.3 37.4 47.3 564.6 48.5 39.8
518.4 70.0 50.9 84.0 45.5 z 64.9 55.8
590.0 31.6 20.5 45.3 71.3 45.6 37.1
45.1 42.3
55.7 52.5
62.5 59.2
27.9 24.8
60.5 58.0
995.6 42.6 39.0 46.2 1,138.8 40.1 36.4
779.5 72.4 70.5
942.0 68.8 61.4 75.3 410.2 67.7 65.3
413.4 37.2 23.1 54.0 44.3 z 31.2 25.1
52.8 47.8
1,451.2 29.0 24.4 34.1 362.1 33.6 31.2
35.1 31.7
46.4 43.2
599.9 63.2 43.7 79.1 47.7 z 59.4 56.3
29.2 25.8
57.2
2.9 y 72.9 69.1 76.3 1,311.1 73.2
69.7 62.3 76.2 167.7 atl ntico sur(raas) 79.2 72.7 84.6
156.9 RS
3.9 Canton 10 y 82.2 63.2 92.5 30.3 Central Bosni
509.8 Ngazidja
276.0 Rural
216.4 south
330.5 south
330.8 south
85.7 aquaba 67.2 58.5 74.9 177.6 balqa
2,347.2 south
2,114.7 southern
4,557.1 Southern
3,461.3 southern
336.9 Blantyre city 74.0 65.6 81.1 402.6 Chikwawa
3,045.0 southern regio
262.4 north 66.9 58.6 74.2 221.6 north central
42.2 South
66.3 South
124.9 fes-bouleman 37.0 29.5 45.2 118.7 gharb-chrarda
223.5 sylhet
1,024.5 Sylhet
192.7 sylhet
334.2 rangpur 54.0 48.4 59.5 238.3 sylhet
886.3 Rangpur 73.5 69.5 77.1 624.6 Sylhet
292.2 rangpur 56.6 49.9 63.0 291.9 sylhet
370.6 toliary
160.6 anosy 58.0 51.7 64.0 353.8 atsimo andref
961.5 Sindh
630.0 kpk 12.0 9.8 14.7 2,077.1 punjab
814.8 Emberá Woun 65.3 52.8 76.1 2,857.3 Herrera
224.7 Savanes
270.6 Savanes
363.6 savanes
217.9 Mary
319.8 Mary velayat
236.3 Western
116.4 Shefa 88.3 77.2 94.4 149.1 Tafea
170.5 red river delta 39.2 28.6 51.0 88.5 southeast
198.1 Red river Delt 57.8 42.7 71.6 75.9 South Central
213.7 South East
242.4 South East
146.6 tarija
122.8 tarija
670.2 Sud (sans ville 13.9 9.7 19.4 485.7 Sud Ouest
402.5 Sud sans Abid 13.9 9.0 21.0 258.0 Sud-ouest
428.3 Sud sans Ville 33.1 25.8 41.3 309.8 Sud-Ouest
214.9 Tombali
43.2 Region 09 25.3 16.2 37.3 45.9 Region 10
30.4 region 8 62.6 52.2 71.8 24.6 region 9
43.7 Upper Demera 58.7 48.2 68.5 43.6 Upper Takutu-
97.2 talas
124.4 Talas
151.3 tombouctou
234.6 tombouctou
500.2 Tombouctou
373.3 kigali rurale 48.9 42.1 55.7 136.5 kigali ville (pvk
502.2 western
186.8 west-nile 61.2 51.3 70.3 423.3 western
235.4 kampala 93.4 90.4 95.5 168.2 karamoja
8.2 Kharkivska z 3.7 Khersonska y
261.1 western
192.0 western
689.6 southern 56.8 50.1 63.2 338.1 western
41.6 vlore z
726.8 zou
477.2 Zou
416.4 Zou
508.0 zou
221.4 Samtse 66.9 53.6 78.0 132.2 Sarpang
48.6 Zenica-Doboj
231.4 yaounde
233.1 Yaounde
420.6 yaoundé
190.8 Yaoundé
58.1 sangha
71.5 SANGHA
477.2 zarqua
121.0 umutara
15.4 otdar mean chy 10.6 5.5 19.6 156.1 phnom penh
239.9 prey veng 70.9 55.1 82.8 89.6 pursat
288.1 prey veng 90.1 82.3 94.7 116.1 pursat
194.3 prey veng 72.5 60.3 82.1 121.8 pursat
192.7 yangon
72.9 Tunapuna/Pia
18.6 Vakaga y
120.0 zaire
169.8 Wasit
249.0 Wasit
461.4 Wasit
227.9 WASIT
219.4 XIENGKHUA
91.1 Togdhere
272.9 White Nile
113.8 west kalimant 64.0 56.7 70.7 116.9 west nusa ten
121.9 riau 42.8 32.5 53.7 107.2 south kaliman
238.2 south sulawes 35.9 27.5 45.3 221.9 south sumater
52.8 43.9 61.5 154.5 west nusa ten 30.1 22.6 39.0
38.6 32.3 45.3 138.3 west sumatera 55.1 46.8 63.2
44.8 36.8 53.2 133.5 Plataeu 26.1 18.5 35.4
4,957.0
94.2 458.8
97.2 298.4
97.3 4,126.0
95.6 4,362.5
98.4 3,586.3
97.3 3,039.3 96.2 94.7 97.3 1,505.4
98.0 3,390.3
98.0 3,486.0 96.3 94.3 97.7 1,803.8
99.1 1,142.4
98.1 635.3
931.0
97.8 3,435.0 96.9 95.4 97.9 1,753.2
98.3 5,035.6
98.5 7,167.7 98.1 97.5 98.6 3,573.0
97.0 1,825.2
97.6 1,718.9
97.3 1,993.3
98.2 2,156.6
98.0 1,196.6
99.1 1,696.3 98.0 96.5 98.8 900.6
98.3 1,675.2
97.1 1,973.6 96.3 94.8 97.4 965.6
97.8 1,532.2
96.3 4,305.9
97.6 4,231.1 97.0 96.0 97.7 2,223.3
95.6 3,532.8
95.6 3,570.8
97.0 4,150.1
96.2 1,731.9
98.0 1,457.2
98.2 1,654.0
98.7 2,389.0
1,104.0 96.9 554.0
93.0 211.2
91.3 327.9
97.6 1,147.4
3,192.0
98.0 732.6 94.8 91.0 97.1 392.0
98.5 755.6
94.4 2,324.6
96.4 4,472.0
97.3 2,941.1
98.8 5,485.0 98.2 97.5 98.7 2,759.0
96.3 5,621.6
90.6 776.4
92.3 1,060.1
94.7 3,956.7
98.7 1,711.0
98.8 2,045.4 98.0 96.3 99.0 1,046.8
98.2 2,480.9 97.4 96.2 98.3 1,280.9
98.0 1,848,778.4
97.6 1,913.5
98.2 2,092.2
97.0 565.6
96.0 361.5
95.5 1,627.5
96.9 1,791.9
98.6 2,682.3 97.8 96.7 98.6 1,377.6
91.8 417.3
97.6 1,163.6
98.7 869.5
99.1 1,475.8
99.1 3,048.6 98.3 97.4 98.9 1,558.8
99.0 3,247.3 98.3 97.3 98.9 1,642.0
98.6 3,092.1 98.1 97.2 98.8 1,537.4
98.0 5,901.2 97.3 96.5 97.8 3,017.2
97.1 196.9
96.6 417.1 96.5 93.0 98.3 221.1
96.8 706.8
98.0 2,071.5
93.4 754.7
97.9 1,610.2
97.2 6,110.0 96.3 95.4 97.0 3,092.4
99.5
97.1 95.7 98.0 1,681.9 97.9 96.9 98.6
97.6 96.5 98.4
98.2 97.5 98.7 3,594.7 98.6 98.0 99.0
92.3
90.8 82.6
96.7 95.7
95.0 94.1
98.2 97.5
296.3 86.9 74.5 93.8 43.2 z 96.9 95.9
98.0 97.3
1,001.9 96.9 95.3 97.9 2,340.0 98.3 94.4
211.8 97.7 94.7 99.0 909.6 100.0 100.0
112.4 96.6 92.6 98.5 517.5
94.1 92.8
94.8 93.5
96.0 94.9
93.7 92.3
95.4 94.4
995.6 96.9 95.7 97.7 1,138.8 96.9 95.4
779.5 98.3 97.6
942.0 97.3 94.4 98.7 410.2 95.7 94.7
413.4 90.6 76.4 96.6 44.3 z 88.3 84.0
89.6 86.0
1,451.2 93.6 90.7 95.7 362.1 94.7 93.6
97.7 96.7
996.9 95.8 92.7 97.6 453.5 97.1 94.4
1,173.3 97.2 94.5 98.6 514.5 96.3 91.9
93.5 86.3
128.2 97.1 90.6 99.1 87.7 90.7 83.3
94.3 92.7
96.1 94.8
599.9 94.7 79.7 98.8 47.7 z 97.8 96.9
97.4 96.2
98.5
2.9 y 98.4 97.2 99.1 1,311.1 98.2
99.0 2,678.8 99.1 97.5 99.7 369.8 98.9
98.8 2,769.1 99.5 97.6 99.9 478.1 98.6
98.8 2,374.1 97.7 96.3 98.6 718.1 98.2
98.0 4,143.9 97.8 96.9 98.5 1,757.3 97.7
95.5 93.1 97.1 196.9 95.8
3.4 y 94.8 92.3 96.6 413.7 93.5
1.9 y 95.4 93.4 96.8 704.9 93.6
92.9 88.2 95.8 167.7 atl ntico sur(raas) 95.0 91.9 96.9
156.9 RS
3.9 Canton 10 y 92.9 85.5 96.7 30.3 Central Bosni
509.8 Ngazidja
276.0 Rural
216.4 south
330.5 south
330.8 south
85.7 aquaba 91.3 86.6 94.5 177.6 balqa
42.2 South
66.3 South
370.6 toliary
160.6 anosy 95.1 89.3 97.9 353.8 atsimo andref
82.0 Chitipa 98.8 96.7 99.6 267.2 Dedza
961.5 Sindh
630.0 kpk 92.3 90.1 94.1 2,077.1 punjab
814.8 Emberá Woun 95.4 85.4 98.7 2,857.3 Herrera
224.7 Savanes
270.6 Savanes
363.6 savanes
217.9 Mary
319.8 Mary velayat
559.8 north 98.5 96.3 99.4 382.1 southwest
107.4 karamoja 98.9 96.9 99.6 276.2 north
579.7 busoga 98.0 95.9 99.1 718.5 central 1
16.4 Donecka 95.8 25.4 99.9 4.9 Gytomyrska z
236.3 Western
116.4 Shefa 95.1 81.9 98.8 149.1 Tafea
146.6 tarija
122.8 tarija
670.2 Sud (sans ville 98.3 95.4 99.4 485.7 Sud Ouest
402.5 Sud sans Abid 97.3 92.8 99.0 258.0 Sud-ouest
428.3 Sud sans Ville 98.2 93.8 99.5 309.8 Sud-Ouest
214.9 Tombali
43.2 Region 09 91.5 81.1 96.5 45.9 Region 10
30.4 region 8 80.1 65.1 89.7 24.6 region 9
43.7 Upper Demera 95.6 85.8 98.8 43.6 Upper Takutu-
97.2 talas
124.4 Talas
151.3 tombouctou
234.6 tombouctou
500.2 Tombouctou
373.3 kigali rurale 96.8 94.4 98.1 136.5 kigali ville (pvk
261.1 western
192.0 western
689.6 southern 95.7 92.6 97.6 338.1 western
41.6 vlore z
726.8 zou
477.2 Zou
416.4 Zou
508.0 zou
221.4 Samtse 99.1 93.6 99.9 132.2 Sarpang
48.6 Zenica-Doboj
231.4 yaounde
233.1 Yaounde
420.6 yaoundé
190.8 Yaoundé
58.1 sangha
71.5 SANGHA
477.2 zarqua
8,849.9 Veraguas
121.0 umutara
15.4 otdar mean chy 89.8 79.4 95.2 156.1 phnom penh
239.9 prey veng 99.2 93.5 99.9 89.6 pursat
288.1 prey veng 99.2 95.7 99.9 116.1 pursat
194.3 prey veng 96.8 92.8 98.6 121.8 pursat
192.7 yangon
72.9 Tunapuna/Pia
419.8 west nile
6.8 Luganska z 100.0 100.0 100.0 14.5 Lvivska
18.6 Vakaga y
120.0 zaire
169.8 Wasit
249.0 Wasit
461.4 Wasit
227.9 WASIT
219.4 XIENGKHUA
183.7 Taiz
761.7 taiz
Region 23 Region 24
Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit Sample Size Region Name Footnote Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit
113.8 west kalimant 99.6 96.8 99.9 116.9 west nusa ten
121.9 riau 90.3 85.3 93.8 107.2 south kaliman
238.2 south sulawes 96.3 92.5 98.2 221.9 south sumater
256.6 Ntcheu 97.8 95.3 99.0 139.9 Ntchisi
79.0 ucayali
96.1 92.4 98.1 154.5 west nusa ten 96.4 91.8 98.5
96.2 91.7 98.3 138.3 west sumatera 95.8 91.0 98.1
97.4 94.4 98.8 133.5 Plataeu 93.3 85.9 96.9
97.0 93.9 98.5 195.6 Plateau 95.9 88.5 98.6
Global
UNICEF regional aggregates
East Asia and the Pacific EAP
Eastern Europe and Central Asia (excluding Russian Federation) EECA
Eastern and Southern Africa ESA
Latin America & the Caribbean (excluding Brazil) LAC
Middle East and North Africa MENA
North America NA
South Asia SA
West and Central Africa WCA
Western Europe WE
SDG regional aggregates
Australia and New Zealand
Central Asia and Southern Asia
Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Northern America and Europe
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Asia and Northern Africa
World Bank (FY19) income grouping aggregates
Low Income
Lower Middle Income
Upper Middle Income
High Income
United Nations regional aggregates
Africa
Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
Asia
Central Asia
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South-eastern Asia
Western Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Oceania
Australia and New Zealand
Europe
Northern America
Ever breastfed
Nation
Data
World Bank Income Data Source Source Short
groups years Year* Source Full Source Estimate Type Point Estimate
2012-2018 95
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 94
2012-2018 74
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 97
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018 96
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 95
2012-2018 98
2012-2018 96
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 98
2012-2018 97
2012-2018 95
2012-2018 84
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 98
2012-2018
2012-2018 96
2012-2018 96
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018 94
2012-2018 95
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018
2012-2018 74
Early initiation of breastfeeding
National
97.3 98.2 11,538.9 2015-16 2015 DHS Afghanistan Demographic and Health S
90.8 95.0 1,034.9 2017-18 2017 DHS Albania Demographic and Health Survey
88.3 90.6 5,890.9 2012-13 2012 MICS République Algérienne Démocratiqe et
82.5 89.2 911.2 2013 2013 NNS/SMART Azerbaijan nutrition survey (AzNS),
95.6 97.2 3,205.2 2014 2014 DHS Bangladesh Demographic and Health
85.8 96.9 142.2 2012 2012 MICS Barbados multiple indicator cluster
90.4 94.2 729.8 2012 2012 MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey of
89.6 94.9 743.1 2015-16 2015 MICS Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Sur
96.0 97.1 5,501.8 2017-18 2018 DHS Enquête Démographique et de Sant
2015 2015 NNS/SMART National Nutrition Survey 2015 - Bhu
4,957.0 2016 2016 DHS-Style Bolivia Encuesta de Demografia y Sa
92.2 97.2 298.4 2011-12 2011 MICS Institute for Public Health [Federat
2007-08 2007 ONS 2007 Botswana family health survey
2006-07 2006 ONS Pesquisa nacional de demografia e
98.9 99.4 5,987.8 2014 2014 NNS/SMART Enquete Nutritionnelle Nationale 201
98.6 99.2 5,412.2 2016-17 2016 DHS Troisième Enquête Démographique
2005 2005 DHS Segundo Inquérito Demográfico e de
95.3 97.0 2,944.5 2014 2014 DHS Cambodia demographic and health sur
94.9 96.6 2,977.5 2014 2014 MICS Enquête par grappes à indicateurs mu
93.8 95.6 4,362.5 2010-11 2010 MICS Suivi de la situation des enfants,
97.6 98.4 6,741.8 2014-15 2014 DHS Enquête Démographique et de Santé e
89.8 93.9 959.5 2014 2014 MICS Swaziland multiple indicator cluster
95.8 97.5 4,307.8 2016 2016 DHS Ethiopia Demographic and Health Sur
2004 2004 NNS/SMART 2004 Fiji national nutrition survey: Ma
97.6 98.9 2,263.8 2014 2014 DHS 2014 Ghana demographic and health
96.6 97.7 4,789.8 2014-15 2014 DHS Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno
96.2 97.6 2,835.3 2016 2016 MICS Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples (MICS, 201
97.2 98.5 3,039.4 2014 2014 MICS Inquérito aos Indicadores Múltiplos
86.3 91.2 769.2 2014 2014 MICS Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Su
93.8 96.3 2,423.5 2016-17 2016 DHS Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Ut
95.5 97.0 4,158.0 2011-12 2011 DHS Encuesta nacional de salud y demogr
95.3 95.7 94,111.5 2015-16 2015 DHS National Family Health Survey (NFHS
95.1 96.4 6,830.4 2012 2012 DHS 2013. Indonesia Demographic and He
2010-11 2010 DHS-Style Iran's Multiple Indicator Demographi
92.3 94.2 6,218.4 2018 2018 MICS Iraq Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
92.8 97.1 613.9 2011 2011 MICS Jamaica 2011 Multiple Indicator Clus
90.3 92.9 3,472.3 2017-18 2017 DHS Jordan Population and Family and H
95.3 98.2 2,156.6 2015 2015 MICS 2015 Kazakhstan Multiple Indicator C
98.2 99.1 3,543.8 2014 2014 DHS National Council for Population an
96.6 98.3 1,675.2 2014 2014 MICS Kyrgyzstan multiple indicator cluste
96.4 97.6 4,231.1 2017 2017 MICS-DHS Lao Social Indicator Survey II 2017
96.0 98.3 1,651.6 2009 2009 DHS Maldives demographic and health su
95.0 96.3 6,756.1 2015 2015 MICS Enquête par Grappes à Indicateurs M
82.1 91.3 355.0 2017 2017 MICS-Style Republic of the Marshall Islands Int
95.4 97.0 4,150.1 2015 2015 MICS Mauritanie Enquête par Grappes à In
93.4 96.2 1,731.9 2015 2015 MICS Encuesta Nacional de Niños, Niñas y
94.4 97.8 155,997.5 2013 2013 MICS Panama Multiple Indicator Cluster S
92.1 96.4 798.8 2012 2012 MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (M
94.8 97.9 750.3 2012 2012 MICS 2012 Republic of Moldova multiple in
2004 2004 ONS Romania Reproductive Health Surve
2011 2011 Other Russia Reproductive Health Survey
98.3 99.1 3,235.7 2014-15 2014 DHS Rwanda Demographic and Health Surve
88.7 98.3 100.7 2012 2012 MICS Saint Lucia multiple indicator cluste
95.6 98.5 755.6 2014 2014 MICS Sao Tome and Principe Multiple Indi
98.0 99.0 4,515.3 2017 2017 MICS Sierra Leone Multiple Indicator Clus
97.7 98.8 4,075.9 2015-16 2015 DHS Tanzania demographic and health su
69.6 78.7 1,198.0
97.1 99.4 292.7 2012-13 2013 MICS Encuesta de Indicadores Múltiples
96.3 98.0 2,071.5 2006 2006 MICS Uzbekistan multiple indicator cluste
2013 2013 DHS-Style Vanuatu demographic and health surv
95.7 97.8 1,464.1 2013-14 2013 MICS Monitoring the situation of children
96.1 97.2 6,110.0 2013 2013 DHS Yemen National Health and Demograp
94.6 96.2 5,074.3 2013-14 2013 DHS Zambia demographic and health Survey
97.5 98.6 2,453.6 2015 2015 DHS Zimbabwe Demographic and Health
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Estimate Type Point Estimate Lower Limit Upper Limit Sample Size
Reported 19.7
Reported 41.6
Reanalyzed 85.0 83.8 86.2 5,412.2
Reported 72.7
Reanalyzed 62.6 60.0 65.0 2,944.5
Reanalyzed 31.2 28.6 33.9 2,977.5
Reported 26.4
Reanalyzed 63.4 61.9 64.9 5,964.6
Reanalyzed 33.7 29.8 37.9 1,297.8
Reanalyzed 25.3 22.4 28.4 2,955.9
Reported 52.0
Reported 93.1
Reported 41.3
Reanalyzed 65.3 62.1 68.3 1,369.2
Reanalyzed 61.2 57.4 65.0 2,649.6
Reported 65.8
Reanalyzed 76.2 74.8 77.6 6,549.5
Reported 26.8
Reported 69.0
Reanalyzed 66.8 63.6 69.8 1,669.5
Reanalyzed 71.2 68.9 73.4 1,947.3
Reported 76.4
Reanalyzed 54.9 51.9 57.9 1,978.0
Reported 54.4
Reanalyzed 52.9 50.3 55.6 5,142.9
Reanalyzed 32.8 31.5 34.2 11,547.0
Reported 71.1
Reanalyzed 19.6 17.3 22.0 3,935.4
Reported 78.9
Reported 23.4
Reanalyzed 67.3 64.0 70.4 1,386.5
Reanalyzed 50.5 47.4 53.5 3,103.7
Reported 90.3
Reanalyzed 40.8 38.3 43.4 2,941.1
Reanalyzed 68.7 66.6 70.8 5,621.6
Reanalyzed 44.7 41.4 48.0 1,060.1
Reported 45.5
Reanalyzed 61.6 58.1 65.0 2,480.9
Reanalyzed 39.9 35.6 44.4 2,092.2
Reanalyzed 21.0 16.4 26.4 361.5
Reanalyzed 75.2 72.6 77.7 2,865.6
Reanalyzed 60.6 57.9 63.3 2,682.3
Reported 79.1
Reanalyzed 41.2 36.1 46.4 417.3
Reanalyzed 39.9 36.1 43.9 1,163.6
Reported 49.9
Reanalyzed 73.4 69.8 76.7 1,475.8
Reported 15.0
Reanalyzed 66.1 64.4 67.7 5,901.2
Reanalyzed 65.7 61.6 69.5 706.8
Reported 23.2
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Numbered Footnotes
1 non-standard definition, determined among ever-breastfed children