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Countries by Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) (2019)

Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) in 2019: highest in Yemen (79.5%), lowest in United States (6.1%), median 27.05% across the 190 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) (measured in %) across 233 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %233 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2000–2019

Highest Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months), 2019

  1. 1.Yemen79.5%
  2. 2.Mali79%
  3. 3.Burkina Faso76.6%
  4. 4.Guinea73.8%
  5. 5.Central African Republic73.6%
  6. 6.Sierra Leone73.4%
  7. 7.Togo72.4%
  8. 8.Liberia72.3%
  9. 9.Cote d'Ivoire72.2%
  10. 10.Niger72%

Lowest Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months), 2019

  1. 181.Singapore13.5%
  2. 182.Australia13.3%
  3. 183.Canada13.2%
  4. 184.San Marino12.8%
  5. 185.Finland11.8%
  6. 186.Luxembourg11.7%
  7. 187.Brazil11.6%
  8. 188.Iceland11%
  9. 189.Guatemala9.8%
  10. 190.United States6.1%

All 190 ranked countries, 2019— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

YemenRank 1 of 190MaliRank 2 of 190Burkina FasoRank 3 of 190GuineaRank 4 of 190Central African RepublicRank 5 of 190Sierra LeoneRank 6 of 190TogoRank 7 of 190LiberiaRank 8 of 190Cote d'IvoireRank 9 of 190NigerRank 10 of 190BeninRank 11 of 190NigeriaRank 12 of 190MozambiqueRank 13 of 190Guinea-BissauRank 14 of 190SenegalRank 15 of 190ChadRank 16 of 190MauritaniaRank 17 of 190DR CongoRank 18 of 190Equatorial GuineaRank 19 of 190AngolaRank 20 of 190Republic of the CongoRank 21 of 190South SudanRank 22 of 190HaitiRank 23 of 190GhanaRank 24 of 190CameroonRank 25 of 190Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 26 of 190BurundiRank 27 of 190GabonRank 28 of 190TanzaniaRank 29 of 190MalawiRank 30 of 190ZambiaRank 31 of 190ComorosRank 32 of 190IndiaRank 33 of 190PakistanRank 34 of 190The GambiaRank 35 of 190EthiopiaRank 36 of 190DjiboutiRank 37 of 190SomaliaRank 38 of 190UgandaRank 39 of 190LesothoRank 40 of 190SudanRank 41 of 190MyanmarRank 42 of 190MadagascarRank 43 of 190KiribatiRank 44 of 190CambodiaRank 45 of 190EritreaRank 46 of 190Papua New GuineaRank 47 of 190Timor-LesteRank 48 of 190NamibiaRank 49 of 190AfghanistanRank 50 of 190BhutanRank 51 of 190NepalRank 52 of 190South AfricaRank 53 of 190Cabo VerdeRank 54 of 190BotswanaRank 55 of 190BangladeshRank 56 of 190KenyaRank 57 of 190EswatiniRank 58 of 190TuvaluRank 59 of 190NauruRank 60 of 190Lao PDRRank 61 of 190FijiRank 62 of 190Marshall IslandsRank 63 of 190IndonesiaRank 64 of 190Solomon IslandsRank 65 of 190RwandaRank 66 of 190MaldivesRank 67 of 190ZimbabweRank 68 of 190TajikistanRank 69 of 190BoliviaRank 70 of 190MicronesiaRank 71 of 190SamoaRank 72 of 190AlgeriaRank 73 of 190TongaRank 74 of 190PalauRank 75 of 190Kyrgyz RepublicRank 76 of 190TurkmenistanRank 77 of 190Syrian Arab RepublicRank 78 of 190JordanRank 79 of 190EgyptRank 80 of 190North KoreaRank 81 of 190VanuatuRank 82 of 190AlbaniaRank 83 of 190MauritiusRank 84 of 190SeychellesRank 85 of 190MoroccoRank 86 of 190TunisiaRank 87 of 190DominicaRank 88 of 190PeruRank 89 of 190IraqRank 90 of 190GuyanaRank 91 of 190ParaguayRank 92 of 190VenezuelaRank 93 of 190Dominican RepublicRank 94 of 190RomaniaRank 95 of 190MoldovaRank 96 of 190LibyaRank 97 of 190IranRank 98 of 190HondurasRank 99 of 190SurinameRank 100 of 190UkraineRank 101 of 190Sri LankaRank 102 of 190UruguayRank 103 of 190ThailandRank 104 of 190AzerbaijanRank 105 of 190GeorgiaRank 106 of 190MalaysiaRank 107 of 190El SalvadorRank 108 of 190Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 109 of 190OmanRank 110 of 190BulgariaRank 111 of 190SlovakiaRank 112 of 190GrenadaRank 113 of 190JamaicaRank 114 of 190EcuadorRank 115 of 190BahrainRank 116 of 190KazakhstanRank 117 of 190Trinidad and TobagoRank 118 of 190VietnamRank 119 of 190LebanonRank 120 of 190St. LuciaRank 121 of 190QatarRank 122 of 190ColombiaRank 123 of 190RussiaRank 124 of 190UzbekistanRank 125 of 190Saudi ArabiaRank 126 of 190MexicoRank 127 of 190MongoliaRank 128 of 190NicaraguaRank 129 of 190United Arab EmiratesRank 130 of 190St. Kitts and NevisRank 131 of 190North MacedoniaRank 132 of 190St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 133 of 190BelizeRank 134 of 190CroatiaRank 135 of 190ChileRank 136 of 190BarbadosRank 137 of 190Brunei DarussalamRank 138 of 190KuwaitRank 139 of 190ArmeniaRank 140 of 190SerbiaRank 141 of 190LatviaRank 142 of 190ArgentinaRank 143 of 190Costa RicaRank 144 of 190ChinaRank 145 of 190Czech RepublicRank 146 of 190SloveniaRank 147 of 190CubaRank 148 of 190HungaryRank 149 of 190EstoniaRank 150 of 190The BahamasRank 151 of 190BelarusRank 152 of 190LithuaniaRank 153 of 190BelgiumRank 154 of 190MaltaRank 155 of 190Antigua and BarbudaRank 156 of 190GreeceRank 157 of 190JapanRank 158 of 190PanamaRank 159 of 190United KingdomRank 160 of 190NetherlandsRank 161 of 190New ZealandRank 162 of 190GermanyRank 163 of 190South KoreaRank 164 of 190ItalyRank 165 of 190FranceRank 166 of 190MontenegroRank 167 of 190AustriaRank 168 of 190SpainRank 169 of 190SwedenRank 170 of 190CyprusRank 171 of 190DenmarkRank 172 of 190IsraelRank 173 of 190MonacoRank 174 of 190PortugalRank 175 of 190AndorraRank 176 of 190IrelandRank 177 of 190SwitzerlandRank 178 of 190NorwayRank 179 of 190PhilippinesRank 180 of 190SingaporeRank 181 of 190AustraliaRank 182 of 190CanadaRank 183 of 190San MarinoRank 184 of 190FinlandRank 185 of 190LuxembourgRank 186 of 190BrazilRank 187 of 190IcelandRank 188 of 190GuatemalaRank 189 of 190United StatesRank 190 of 190

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Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) Data Coverage

This page lists 233 countries with available Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.