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Suboptimal breastfeeding
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
298.3deaths
Median: 7.3deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
10,688.2deaths
Lowest
San Marino
0.0deaths
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria10,688.2deaths
2India8,658.5deaths
3Chad5,535.8deaths
4Pakistan4,221.3deaths
5Somalia3,436.8deaths
By Region
Africa1,725.6deaths(9 countries)
Asia652.1deaths(26 countries)
Other222.0deaths(124 countries)
North America109.5deaths(4 countries)
South America42.7deaths(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0deaths)High (10,688.2deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 298.3deaths)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Other (124)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 10,688.2deaths |
| 2 | India | 8,658.5deaths |
| 3 | Chad | 5,535.8deaths |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4,221.3deaths |
| 5 | Somalia | 3,436.8deaths |
| 6 | Niger | 2,349.1deaths |
| 7 | Indonesia | 1,758.0deaths |
| 8 | Cameroon | 1,436.6deaths |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1,294.6deaths |
| 10 | South Africa | 1,282.8deaths |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,269.1deaths |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 1,221.6deaths |
| 13 | South Sudan | 1,052.6deaths |
| 14 | Madagascar | 1,047.0deaths |
| 15 | Mozambique | 944.6deaths |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 944.0deaths |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 872.1deaths |
| 18 | Mali | 834.8deaths |
| 19 | Angola | 826.1deaths |
| 20 | Kenya | 715.6deaths |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 610.6deaths |
| 22 | Myanmar | 576.7deaths |
| 23 | United Republic of Tanzania | 519.1deaths |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 518.8deaths |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 475.9deaths |
| 26 | Philippines | 472.1deaths |
| 27 | Haiti | 452.8deaths |
| 28 | Malawi | 433.5deaths |
| 29 | Egypt | 415.4deaths |
| 30 | Zambia | 347.9deaths |
| 31 | Uganda | 346.1deaths |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 336.2deaths |
| 33 | Guinea | 297.2deaths |
| 34 | Togo | 287.5deaths |
| 35 | Mexico | 256.3deaths |
| 36 | Benin | 222.3deaths |
| 37 | Burundi | 199.6deaths |
| 38 | Senegal | 196.3deaths |
| 39 | Yemen | 192.1deaths |
| 40 | Brazil | 171.9deaths |
| 41 | Ghana | 168.2deaths |
| 42 | Liberia | 167.6deaths |
| 43 | Venezuela | 156.0deaths |
| 44 | Republic of the Congo | 155.4deaths |
| 45 | Guatemala | 137.7deaths |
| 46 | Iraq | 127.0deaths |
| 47 | Eritrea | 123.0deaths |
| 48 | Mauritania | 116.6deaths |
| 49 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 111.2deaths |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 89.3deaths |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 88.1deaths |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 87.4deaths |
| 53 | Morocco | 85.2deaths |
| 54 | Sudan | 82.4deaths |
| 55 | Rwanda | 79.0deaths |
| 56 | People's Republic of China | 70.9deaths |
| 57 | Nepal | 67.9deaths |
| 58 | Algeria | 54.3deaths |
| 59 | Djibouti | 54.2deaths |
| 60 | Colombia | 51.7deaths |
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.5deaths |
| 62 | Cambodia | 49.6deaths |
| 63 | Thailand | 43.5deaths |
| 64 | Lesotho | 42.9deaths |
| 65 | Türkiye | 38.9deaths |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 37.6deaths |
| 67 | United States of America | 36.0deaths |
| 68 | Namibia | 34.4deaths |
| 69 | Tunisia | 33.9deaths |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 33.1deaths |
| 71 | Botswana | 32.3deaths |
| 72 | Honduras | 30.5deaths |
| 73 | Ecuador | 28.8deaths |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 26.2deaths |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 26.1deaths |
| 76 | Peru | 25.6deaths |
| 77 | Gabon | 25.2deaths |
| 78 | Comoros | 22.5deaths |
| 79 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 22.4deaths |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 21.1deaths |
| 81 | Bolivia | 21.0deaths |
| 82 | Republic of The Gambia | 18.5deaths |
| 83 | Vietnam | 17.2deaths |
| 84 | Argentina | 15.5deaths |
| 85 | Poland | 15.2deaths |
| 86 | Hungary | 14.4deaths |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.2deaths |
| 88 | Eswatini | 14.0deaths |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.9deaths |
| 90 | Lebanon | 12.7deaths |
| 91 | Malaysia | 12.3deaths |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 11.6deaths |
| 93 | Paraguay | 10.8deaths |
| 94 | Czech Republic | 10.4deaths |
| 95 | Romania | 10.4deaths |
| 96 | Panama | 10.2deaths |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 9.3deaths |
| 98 | France | 9.3deaths |
| 99 | Germany | 9.0deaths |
| 100 | Jordan | 8.4deaths |
| 101 | El Salvador | 7.9deaths |
| 102 | Canada | 7.9deaths |
| 103 | North Korea | 6.6deaths |
| 104 | Timor-Leste | 6.6deaths |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 5.1deaths |
| 106 | Japan | 5.0deaths |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 4.7deaths |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 4.5deaths |
| 109 | Chile | 4.3deaths |
| 110 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.2deaths |
| 111 | Suriname | 4.2deaths |
| 112 | Bhutan | 4.1deaths |
| 113 | Israel | 4.0deaths |
| 114 | Slovakia | 3.8deaths |
| 115 | Spain | 3.6deaths |
| 116 | State of Palestine | 3.5deaths |
| 117 | Guyana | 3.4deaths |
| 118 | Ukraine | 3.3deaths |
| 119 | Italy | 3.0deaths |
| 120 | Jamaica | 2.8deaths |
| 121 | Serbia | 2.7deaths |
| 122 | Cuba | 2.7deaths |
| 123 | South Korea | 2.6deaths |
| 124 | Oman | 2.1deaths |
| 125 | Libya | 2.1deaths |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 2.1deaths |
| 127 | Croatia | 2.0deaths |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.9deaths |
| 129 | Belgium | 1.9deaths |
| 130 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.9deaths |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8deaths |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 1.8deaths |
| 133 | Netherlands | 1.7deaths |
| 134 | Fiji | 1.5deaths |
| 135 | Armenia | 1.5deaths |
| 136 | Mongolia | 1.4deaths |
| 137 | Denmark | 1.4deaths |
| 138 | Uruguay | 1.3deaths |
| 139 | Australia | 1.2deaths |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 1.2deaths |
| 141 | Sweden | 1.1deaths |
| 142 | Moldova, Republic of | 1.1deaths |
| 143 | Mauritius | 1.1deaths |
| 144 | Kiribati | 1.0deaths |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 0.9deaths |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8deaths |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 0.8deaths |
| 148 | Switzerland | 0.8deaths |
| 149 | Belize | 0.7deaths |
| 150 | Maldives | 0.7deaths |
| 151 | Belarus | 0.6deaths |
| 152 | Albania | 0.6deaths |
| 153 | Taiwan, Province of China | 0.6deaths |
| 154 | Portugal | 0.6deaths |
| 155 | Georgia | 0.6deaths |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6deaths |
| 157 | New Zealand | 0.5deaths |
| 158 | Lithuania | 0.5deaths |
| 159 | Kuwait | 0.5deaths |
| 160 | Austria | 0.4deaths |
| 161 | Qatar | 0.4deaths |
| 162 | Ireland | 0.4deaths |
| 163 | Singapore | 0.3deaths |
| 164 | Cyprus | 0.3deaths |
| 165 | Bahrain | 0.3deaths |
| 166 | Samoa | 0.3deaths |
| 167 | Slovenia | 0.2deaths |
| 168 | Greece | 0.2deaths |
| 169 | Finland | 0.2deaths |
| 170 | Guam | 0.2deaths |
| 171 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.2deaths |
| 172 | Montenegro | 0.1deaths |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0.1deaths |
| 174 | Norway | 0.1deaths |
| 175 | Bahamas | 0.1deaths |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1deaths |
| 177 | Seychelles | 0.1deaths |
| 178 | Estonia | 0.1deaths |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 0.1deaths |
| 180 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1deaths |
| 181 | Latvia | 0.1deaths |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 0.1deaths |
| 183 | Barbados | 0.1deaths |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1deaths |
| 185 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0deaths |
| 186 | Iceland | 0.0deaths |
| 187 | Nauru | 0.0deaths |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 0.0deaths |
| 189 | Dominica | 0.0deaths |
| 190 | Palau | 0.0deaths |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0deaths |
| 192 | Greenland | 0.0deaths |
| 193 | Grenada | 0.0deaths |
| 194 | American Samoa | 0.0deaths |
| 195 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0deaths |
| 196 | Tonga | 0.0deaths |
| 197 | Malta | 0.0deaths |
| 198 | Bermuda | 0.0deaths |
| 199 | Cook Islands | 0.0deaths |
| 200 | Andorra | 0.0deaths |
| 201 | Monaco | 0.0deaths |
| 202 | Tokelau | 0.0deaths |
| 203 | Niue | 0.0deaths |
| 204 | San Marino | 0.0deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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