Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) - Country Ranking
Definition: Vitamin A supplementation refers to the percentage of children ages 6-59 months old who received at least two doses of vitamin A in the previous year.
Source: United Nations Children's Fund, State of the World's Children.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Rank | Country | Value | Year |
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1 | Vietnam | 99.00 | 2017 |
1 | Burkina Faso | 99.00 | 2018 |
1 | Morocco | 99.00 | 2017 |
1 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 99.00 | 2018 |
1 | Tanzania | 99.00 | 2018 |
1 | Uzbekistan | 99.00 | 2017 |
1 | Zambia | 99.00 | 2018 |
8 | Kyrgyz Republic | 97.00 | 2010 |
9 | Oman | 96.00 | 2013 |
9 | Madagascar | 96.00 | 2018 |
11 | North Macedonia | 95.00 | 2003 |
12 | Sri Lanka | 93.00 | 2017 |
12 | Mali | 93.00 | 2018 |
12 | Afghanistan | 93.00 | 2018 |
15 | Pakistan | 92.00 | 2018 |
15 | Rwanda | 92.00 | 2018 |
17 | Togo | 89.00 | 2018 |
17 | Burundi | 89.00 | 2018 |
19 | Botswana | 86.00 | 2018 |
20 | Mauritania | 85.00 | 2018 |
21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.00 | 2018 |
22 | Myanmar | 83.00 | 2018 |
22 | Mongolia | 83.00 | 2017 |
24 | Guinea | 82.00 | 2018 |
25 | El Salvador | 81.00 | 2012 |
26 | Nigeria | 80.00 | 2018 |
27 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 78.00 | 2018 |
27 | Djibouti | 78.00 | 2016 |
29 | Tajikistan | 76.00 | 2018 |
29 | Nepal | 76.00 | 2018 |
31 | Malawi | 75.00 | 2018 |
32 | Timor-Leste | 73.00 | 2018 |
32 | Cambodia | 73.00 | 2017 |
34 | Chad | 70.00 | 2018 |
35 | Sierra Leone | 69.00 | 2018 |
36 | Philippines | 68.00 | 2016 |
36 | Egypt | 68.00 | 2008 |
38 | Mozambique | 64.00 | 2018 |
38 | Niger | 64.00 | 2018 |
40 | Liberia | 62.00 | 2018 |
40 | Indonesia | 62.00 | 2017 |
42 | Costa Rica | 60.00 | 2004 |
43 | Kenya | 59.00 | 2018 |
44 | Lao PDR | 57.00 | 2017 |
44 | Senegal | 57.00 | 2018 |
46 | India | 56.00 | 2018 |
47 | Bolivia | 54.00 | 2018 |
48 | Ecuador | 50.00 | 2002 |
48 | South Africa | 50.00 | 2018 |
50 | Ethiopia | 48.00 | 2018 |
51 | Cameroon | 47.00 | 2018 |
52 | Ghana | 45.00 | 2018 |
52 | Bhutan | 45.00 | 2013 |
54 | Namibia | 44.00 | 2018 |
55 | Azerbaijan | 41.00 | 2017 |
56 | Zimbabwe | 40.00 | 2018 |
56 | Honduras | 40.00 | 2005 |
56 | Dominican Republic | 40.00 | 2003 |
59 | Kiribati | 37.00 | 2017 |
60 | Eritrea | 36.00 | 2018 |
61 | Central African Republic | 35.00 | 2018 |
62 | Sudan | 34.00 | 2018 |
63 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.00 | 2010 |
63 | Uganda | 33.00 | 2018 |
65 | Somalia | 32.00 | 2018 |
65 | São Tomé and Principe | 32.00 | 2018 |
67 | Eswatini | 30.00 | 2018 |
67 | The Gambia | 30.00 | 2018 |
69 | Guatemala | 26.00 | 2017 |
70 | Haiti | 21.00 | 2018 |
71 | Brazil | 20.00 | 1999 |
72 | Lesotho | 18.00 | 2017 |
73 | Yemen | 13.00 | 2018 |
74 | Comoros | 11.00 | 2018 |
75 | Congo | 8.00 | 2018 |
76 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.00 | 2018 |
77 | Peru | 6.00 | 2002 |
78 | Panama | 4.00 | 2005 |
78 | Angola | 4.00 | 2018 |
80 | Nicaragua | 3.00 | 2015 |
81 | Iraq | 0.84 | 2006 |
82 | Palau | 0.00 | 2013 |
82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.00 | 2018 |
82 | Gabon | 0.00 | 2018 |
82 | Benin | 0.00 | 2018 |
82 | Bangladesh | 0.00 | 2018 |
82 | Papua New Guinea | 0.00 | 2018 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Vitamin A is essential for optimal functioning of the immune system. Vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness, also causes a greater risk of dying from a range of childhood ailments such as measles, malaria, and diarrhea. In low- and middle-inco