DEFINITION
Health - Nutrition - % of children (1995-2002) who are: exclusively breastfed (<6 months)
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Korea, North: |
97 |
|
|
# 2
|
Rwanda: |
84 |
|
|
# 3
|
Syria: |
81 |
|
|
# 4
|
Kiribati: |
80 |
|
|
# 5
|
Chile: |
73 |
|
|
# 6
|
Peru: |
71 |
|
|
# 7
|
Nepal: |
69 |
|
|
# 8
|
China: |
67 |
|
|
# 9
|
Morocco: |
66 |
|
|
= 10
|
Solomon Islands: |
65 |
|
|
= 10
|
Uganda: |
65 |
|
|
# 12
|
Marshall Islands: |
63 |
|
|
= 13
|
Burundi: |
62 |
|
|
= 13
|
Tonga: |
62 |
|
|
# 15
|
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
60 |
|
|
= 16
|
Palau: |
59 |
|
|
= 16
|
Papua New Guinea: |
59 |
|
|
= 18
|
Cape Verde: |
57 |
|
|
= 18
|
Egypt: |
57 |
|
|
= 20
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
56 |
|
|
= 20
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
56 |
|
|
# 22
|
Ethiopia: |
55 |
|
|
# 23
|
Sri Lanka: |
54 |
|
|
# 24
|
Eritrea: |
52 |
|
|
# 25
|
Mongolia: |
51 |
|
|
# 26
|
Vanuatu: |
50 |
|
|
# 27
|
Fiji: |
47 |
|
|
= 28
|
Bangladesh: |
46 |
|
|
= 28
|
Tunisia: |
46 |
|
|
= 30
|
Iran: |
44 |
|
|
= 30
|
Malawi: |
44 |
|
|
= 32
|
Indonesia: |
42 |
|
|
= 32
|
Brazil: |
42 |
|
|
= 34
|
Cuba: |
41 |
|
|
= 34
|
Madagascar: |
41 |
|
|
# 36
|
Zambia: |
40 |
|
|
= 37
|
Guatemala: |
39 |
|
|
= 37
|
Grenada: |
39 |
|
|
= 37
|
Bolivia: |
39 |
|
|
= 40
|
Benin: |
38 |
|
|
= 40
|
Mexico: |
38 |
|
|
= 40
|
Mali: |
38 |
|
|
= 43
|
India: |
37 |
|
|
= 43
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
37 |
|
|
= 43
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
37 |
|
|
= 43
|
Philippines: |
37 |
|
|
# 47
|
Kazakhstan: |
36 |
|
|
= 48
|
Liberia: |
35 |
|
|
= 48
|
Honduras: |
35 |
|
|
= 48
|
Costa Rica: |
35 |
|
|
= 51
|
Jordan: |
34 |
|
|
= 51
|
Bahrain: |
34 |
|
|
= 51
|
Botswana: |
34 |
|
|
= 51
|
United Arab Emirates: |
34 |
|
|
# 55
|
Zimbabwe: |
33 |
|
|
# 56
|
Colombia: |
32 |
|
|
= 57
|
Nicaragua: |
31 |
|
|
= 57
|
Vietnam: |
31 |
|
|
= 57
|
Saudi Arabia: |
31 |
|
|
= 57
|
Ghana: |
31 |
|
|
= 61
|
Armenia: |
30 |
|
|
= 61
|
Mozambique: |
30 |
|
|
= 63
|
Malaysia: |
29 |
|
|
= 63
|
Ecuador: |
29 |
|
|
# 65
|
Lebanon: |
27 |
|
|
= 66
|
Gambia, The: |
26 |
|
|
= 66
|
Namibia: |
26 |
|
|
# 68
|
Panama: |
25 |
|
|
= 69
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
24 |
|
|
= 69
|
Swaziland: |
24 |
|
|
= 69
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
24 |
|
|
= 69
|
Haiti: |
24 |
|
|
= 69
|
Belize: |
24 |
|
|
= 69
|
Senegal: |
24 |
|
|
= 69
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
24 |
|
|
= 76
|
Croatia: |
23 |
|
|
= 76
|
Laos: |
23 |
|
|
# 78
|
Ukraine: |
22 |
|
|
# 79
|
Comoros: |
21 |
|
|
# 80
|
Mauritania: |
20 |
|
|
# 81
|
Cook Islands: |
19 |
|
|
= 82
|
Togo: |
18 |
|
|
= 82
|
Georgia: |
18 |
|
|
= 82
|
Yemen: |
18 |
|
|
= 85
|
Central African Republic: |
17 |
|
|
= 85
|
Nigeria: |
17 |
|
|
= 87
|
Pakistan: |
16 |
|
|
= 87
|
Uzbekistan: |
16 |
|
|
= 87
|
Mauritius: |
16 |
|
|
= 87
|
Sudan: |
16 |
|
|
= 87
|
El Salvador: |
16 |
|
|
# 92
|
Lesotho: |
15 |
|
|
# 93
|
Tajikistan: |
14 |
|
|
= 94
|
Algeria: |
13 |
|
|
= 94
|
Turkmenistan: |
13 |
|
|
= 96
|
Kuwait: |
12 |
|
|
= 96
|
Cameroon: |
12 |
|
|
= 96
|
Iraq: |
12 |
|
|
= 96
|
Qatar: |
12 |
|
|
= 96
|
Cambodia: |
12 |
|
|
= 101
|
Guinea: |
11 |
|
|
= 101
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
11 |
|
|
= 101
|
Angola: |
11 |
|
|
= 101
|
Burma: |
11 |
|
|
= 101
|
Guyana: |
11 |
|
|
= 101
|
Dominican Republic: |
11 |
|
|
= 107
|
Maldives: |
10 |
|
|
= 107
|
Chad: |
10 |
|
|
= 107
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
10 |
|
|
= 110
|
Somalia: |
9 |
|
|
= 110
|
Suriname: |
9 |
|
|
= 112
|
South Africa: |
7 |
|
|
= 112
|
Paraguay: |
7 |
|
|
= 112
|
Turkey: |
7 |
|
|
= 112
|
Azerbaijan: |
7 |
|
|
= 112
|
Venezuela: |
7 |
|
|
= 117
|
Burkina Faso: |
6 |
|
|
= 117
|
Albania: |
6 |
|
|
= 117
|
Gabon: |
6 |
|
|
= 117
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
6 |
|
|
# 121
|
Kenya: |
5 |
|
|
= 122
|
Sierra Leone: |
4 |
|
|
= 122
|
Thailand: |
4 |
|
|
# 124
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
2 |
|
|
# 125
|
Niger: |
1 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
31.5 |
|
DEFINITION: Health - Nutrition - % of children (1995-2002) who are: exclusively breastfed (<6 months)