Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months)
Compare vitamin a supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) across 44 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 World Bank reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •44 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
- •Zambia has the highest published value (99 %).
- •Gabon has the lowest published value (0 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 57.7%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate refers to the percentage of children ages 6-59 months old receiving two high-dose vitamin A supplements in a calendar year.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate refers to the percentage of children ages 6-59 months old receiving two high-dose vitamin A supplements in a calendar year.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 99.0% |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 99.0% |
| 3 | Zambia | 99.0% |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 99.0% |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 99.0% |
| 6 | Mali | 97.0% |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 96.0% |
| 8 | Chad | 95.0% |
| 9 | Cameroon | 94.0% |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 91.0% |
| 11 | Mozambique | 90.0% |
| 12 | Pakistan | 90.0% |
| 13 | Nigeria | 89.0% |
| 14 | Guinea | 85.0% |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 85.0% |
| 16 | Kenya | 84.0% |
| 17 | Nepal | 82.0% |
| 18 | South Sudan | 79.0% |
| 19 | Burundi | 77.0% |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 77.0% |
| 21 | North Korea | 77.0% |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 77.0% |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 76.0% |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 73.0% |
| 25 | Namibia | 58.0% |
| 26 | Ghana | 44.0% |
| 27 | South Africa | 41.0% |
| 28 | Uganda | 38.0% |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 37.0% |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.0% |
| 31 | Republic of The Gambia | 28.0% |
| 32 | Bolivia | 28.0% |
| 33 | Togo | 24.0% |
| 34 | Madagascar | 19.0% |
| 35 | Liberia | 14.0% |
| 36 | Somalia | 14.0% |
| 37 | Malawi | 11.0% |
| 38 | Philippines | 10.0% |
| 39 | Sudan | 9.0% |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.0% |
| 41 | Benin | 7.0% |
| 42 | Republic of the Congo | 6.0% |
| 43 | Gabon | 0.0% |
| 44 | Mauritania | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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