social2021
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under five receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2021; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
47.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
Median: 47.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
Countries Covered
125
with available data
Highest
Mexico
79.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
Lowest
Somalia
6.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
Top 5 Countries
1Mexico79.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
2Maldives73.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
3El Salvador72.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
4Mongolia71.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
5North Korea70.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f
By Region
North America68.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f(2 countries)
Europe64.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f(2 countries)
Asia52.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f(16 countries)
Other47.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f(92 countries)
South America39.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (6.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f)High (79.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 47.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f)
North America (2)
Europe (2)
Asia (16)
Other (92)
South America (4)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2021; 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 | Mexico | 79.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 2 | Maldives | 73.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 3 | El Salvador | 72.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 4 | Mongolia | 71.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 5 | North Korea | 70.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 6 | Thailand | 70.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 7 | Ukraine | 69.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 8 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 68.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 68.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 10 | Belarus | 68.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 11 | Nauru | 68.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 12 | Qatar | 68.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 13 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 66.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 14 | Montenegro | 64.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 63.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 16 | Armenia | 63.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 17 | Tajikistan | 62.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 18 | Nepal | 62.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 19 | Lebanon | 62.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 62.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 21 | Bhutan | 61.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 61.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 23 | Indonesia | 61.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 60.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 25 | Serbia | 59.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 59.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 59.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 28 | Paraguay | 59.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 29 | Sudan | 59.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | 57.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 31 | Zambia | 57.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 32 | Eritrea | 56.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 33 | South Africa | 56.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 34 | Guatemala | 56.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 56.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 37 | Myanmar | 55.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 38 | Moldova, Republic of | 54.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 40 | Lesotho | 54.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 41 | Suriname | 54.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 54.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 54.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 44 | Comoros | 53.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 45 | Panama | 52.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 47 | Albania | 52.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 48 | Tuvalu | 52.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 49 | Honduras | 52.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 50 | Colombia | 52.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 51 | Namibia | 52.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 52 | Gabon | 51.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 53 | Cambodia | 51.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 54 | Haiti | 51.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 55 | Vietnam | 51.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 56 | Venezuela | 51.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 50.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 58 | Fiji | 50.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 48.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 60 | Kiribati | 48.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 48.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 47.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 63 | Republic of The Gambia | 47.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 65 | Eswatini | 46.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 66 | Jordan | 46.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 67 | India | 45.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 68 | Morocco | 45.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 69 | Oman | 45.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 45.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 71 | United Republic of Tanzania | 45.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 72 | Belize | 45.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 73 | Kenya | 45.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 74 | Philippines | 44.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 44.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 76 | Liberia | 43.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 77 | Peru | 43.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 78 | Jamaica | 43.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 79 | Tunisia | 43.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 43.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 81 | Mozambique | 43.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 82 | Niger | 43.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 83 | Guinea | 42.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 84 | Madagascar | 42.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo | 42.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 86 | Malawi | 41.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 40.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 89 | Yemen | 39.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 90 | Angola | 39.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 39.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 92 | Senegal | 38.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 93 | Ghana | 38.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 94 | Georgia | 38.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 95 | Cameroon | 38.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 96 | State of Palestine | 37.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 97 | Samoa | 37.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 98 | Uganda | 37.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 99 | Iraq | 36.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 100 | Guyana | 36.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 101 | Nigeria | 36.4% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 102 | Central African Republic | 35.6% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 103 | Algeria | 35.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 104 | Burundi | 35.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 105 | Pakistan | 34.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 106 | Mali | 34.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 107 | Syrian Arab Republic | 34.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 108 | Cuba | 33.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 109 | Djibouti | 33.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 110 | Argentina | 32.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 111 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 112 | Bolivia | 29.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 28.7% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 114 | Brazil | 28.2% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 28.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 116 | Benin | 28.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 117 | Togo | 25.1% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 118 | Chad | 24.5% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 119 | South Sudan | 23.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 120 | Türkiye | 22.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 121 | Egypt | 21.9% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 122 | Mauritania | 21.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 123 | Rwanda | 19.3% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 124 | Botswana | 7.0% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
| 125 | Somalia | 6.8% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued f |
Showing 125 of 125 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2021).
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