Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 59.00 | 2019 |
| 2 | Benin | 55.20 | 2019 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 55.10 | 2019 |
| 4 | Senegal | 52.70 | 2019 |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 52.50 | 2019 |
| 6 | Gabon | 52.40 | 2019 |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.90 | 2019 |
| 8 | The Gambia | 49.50 | 2019 |
| 8 | Niger | 49.50 | 2019 |
| 10 | Congo | 48.80 | 2019 |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 48.40 | 2019 |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.10 | 2019 |
| 13 | Guinea | 48.00 | 2019 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 47.90 | 2019 |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 46.80 | 2019 |
| 16 | Togo | 45.70 | 2019 |
| 17 | Chad | 45.40 | 2019 |
| 18 | Angola | 44.50 | 2019 |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.50 | 2019 |
| 20 | São Tomé and Principe | 44.20 | 2019 |
| 21 | Mauritania | 43.30 | 2019 |
| 22 | Somalia | 43.10 | 2019 |
| 23 | Liberia | 42.60 | 2019 |
| 24 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 42.40 | 2019 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 40.60 | 2019 |
| 26 | Tanzania | 38.90 | 2019 |
| 27 | Burundi | 38.50 | 2019 |
| 28 | Madagascar | 37.80 | 2019 |
| 29 | Eritrea | 37.00 | 2019 |
| 30 | Sudan | 36.50 | 2019 |
| 31 | Ghana | 35.40 | 2019 |
| 32 | Comoros | 33.80 | 2019 |
| 33 | Algeria | 33.30 | 2019 |
| 34 | Uganda | 32.80 | 2019 |
| 35 | Botswana | 32.50 | 2019 |
| 36 | Djibouti | 32.30 | 2019 |
| 37 | Tunisia | 32.10 | 2019 |
| 38 | Zambia | 31.50 | 2019 |
| 39 | Malawi | 31.40 | 2019 |
| 40 | Eswatini | 30.70 | 2019 |
| 41 | South Africa | 30.50 | 2019 |
| 42 | Morocco | 29.90 | 2019 |
| 42 | Libya | 29.90 | 2019 |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 28.90 | 2019 |
| 45 | Kenya | 28.70 | 2019 |
| 46 | Egypt | 28.30 | 2019 |
| 47 | Lesotho | 27.90 | 2019 |
| 48 | Namibia | 25.20 | 2019 |
| 49 | Seychelles | 25.10 | 2019 |
| 50 | Cabo Verde | 24.30 | 2019 |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 23.90 | 2019 |
| 52 | Mauritius | 23.50 | 2019 |
| 53 | Rwanda | 17.20 | 2019 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
