Bangladesh - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Bangladesh was 72.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.30 in 2018 and a minimum value of 26.00 in 1987.

Definition: Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

See also:

Year Value
1986 51.00
1987 26.00
1989 26.00
1994 50.30
1997 47.90
2000 61.30
2004 67.10
2006 64.40
2007 76.60
2011 77.60
2013 73.00
2014 77.00
2018 83.30
2019 72.40

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention