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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

Global Average
57.7%
Median: 76.5%
Countries Covered
44
with available data
Highest
Niger
99.0%
Lowest
Mauritania
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Niger99.0%
2Burkina Faso99.0%
3Zambia99.0%
4Afghanistan99.0%
5Bangladesh99.0%
By Region
Asia74.5%(4 countries)
Africa67.0%(5 countries)
Other54.5%(35 countries)
Key Findings
  • 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

Low (0.0%)High (99.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 57.7%)

Asia (4)
Africa (5)
Other (35)

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

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
1Niger99.0%
2Burkina Faso99.0%
3Zambia99.0%
4Afghanistan99.0%
5Bangladesh99.0%
6Mali97.0%
7United Republic of Tanzania96.0%
8Chad95.0%
9Cameroon94.0%
10Democratic Republic of the Congo91.0%
11Mozambique90.0%
12Pakistan90.0%
13Nigeria89.0%
14Guinea85.0%
15Cote d'Ivoire85.0%
16Kenya84.0%
17Nepal82.0%
18South Sudan79.0%
19Burundi77.0%
20Ethiopia77.0%
21North Korea77.0%
22Sierra Leone77.0%
23Central African Republic76.0%
24Guinea-Bissau73.0%
25Namibia58.0%
26Ghana44.0%
27South Africa41.0%
28Uganda38.0%
29Zimbabwe37.0%
30Sao Tome and Principe35.0%
31Republic of The Gambia28.0%
32Bolivia28.0%
33Togo24.0%
34Madagascar19.0%
35Liberia14.0%
36Somalia14.0%
37Malawi11.0%
38Philippines10.0%
39Sudan9.0%
40Equatorial Guinea8.0%
41Benin7.0%
42Republic of the Congo6.0%
43Gabon0.0%
44Mauritania0.0%
Showing 44 of 44 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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