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Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
195
Highest
59.9 %
Gabon
Lowest
10.5 %
Guatemala
Median
25.5 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,616

What the numbers show

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent) — Value is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 59.9 % in Gabon; the lowest is 10.5 % in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.5 %, and the mean is 27.68 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 33.3%).

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 59.9 % 2023 up 0.3% falling
1 Côte d'Ivoire 51.4 % 2023 up 3.2% falling
2 Mali 56.5 % 2023 up 5.2% falling
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40 % 2023 down 6.5% falling
3 Mauritania 54.5 % 2023 up 4.2% falling
3 United Republic of Tanzania 38.8 % 2023 up 5.4% falling
4 India 53.7 % 2023 up 6.8% rising
5 Benin 50 % 2023 up 0.8% falling
6 Niger 47.1 % 2023 up 6.3% falling
6 Cabo Verde 40.6 % 2023 down 3.6% falling
6 Syrian Arab Republic 31 % 2023 up 6.9% falling
7 Mozambique 47 % 2023 up 4.2% falling
7 Timor-Leste 29.7 % 2023 up 6.1% falling
8 Congo 46.7 % 2023 down 7.2% falling
8 Türkiye 29.3 % 2023 up 1.7% falling
9 Pakistan 46.5 % 2023 up 1.5% rising
9 Chad 46.5 % 2023 down 5.7% falling
9 Melanesia 29.1 % 2023 up 12.8% flat
11 Somalia 46.2 % 2023 up 9.5% flat
11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.6 % 2023 down 5.6% falling
12 Gambia 46.1 % 2023 down 12.0% falling
12 Republic of Moldova 28.5 % 2023 up 15.4% flat
13 Haiti 45.9 % 2023 up 9.8% falling
13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27.5 % 2023 down 1.4% falling
14 Guinea 45.7 % 2023 unchanged falling
14 Guinea-Bissau 45.7 % 2023 unchanged falling
14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 25.5 % 2023 up 22.0% rising
15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25.2 % 2023 up 30.6% falling
16 Afghanistan 45.4 % 2023 up 21.4% rising
16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24.9 % 2023 down 2.0% falling
17 Sierra Leone 44.6 % 2023 down 1.3% falling
17 Micronesia 24.5 % 2023 up 12.9% rising
18 Burkina Faso 44.3 % 2023 down 4.5% falling
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 22.1 % 2023 up 20.8% rising
19 Angola 43.8 % 2023 down 2.2% falling
19 Polynesia 21.6 % 2023 up 15.5% rising
20 Central African Republic 43.4 % 2023 down 0.7% falling
20 Maldives 43.4 % 2023 down 1.6% falling
20 Viet Nam 20.5 % 2023 up 9.6% falling
22 Senegal 43.1 % 2023 down 11.5% falling
23 Liberia 42.5 % 2023 up 5.5% falling
24 Togo 41.5 % 2023 down 0.2% falling
25 Equatorial Guinea 41.3 % 2023 down 3.1% falling
26 Myanmar 39.7 % 2023 up 11.5% falling
26 Sao Tome and Principe 39.7 % 2023 down 2.7% falling
28 Burundi 39 % 2023 up 41.8% rising
29 Cameroon 38.9 % 2023 up 4.6% falling
30 Bahrain 38.4 % 2023 down 2.0% falling
31 Cambodia 38 % 2023 down 3.3% falling
32 Nigeria 37.9 % 2023 down 11.7% falling
33 Bangladesh 37.6 % 2023 up 8.7% flat
34 Guyana 37.5 % 2023 up 1.1% falling
35 Tajikistan 37.3 % 2023 up 3.6% falling
36 Madagascar 37.2 % 2023 up 14.5% flat
37 Yemen 36.4 % 2023 up 5.8% falling
38 Ghana 36 % 2023 down 11.3% falling
39 Azerbaijan 35.6 % 2023 up 0.6% falling
39 Eritrea 35.6 % 2023 up 12.7% falling
41 South Sudan 35 % 2023 up 17.8% flat
42 Turkmenistan 34.8 % 2023 up 3.0% falling
43 Oman 34.4 % 2023 up 2.1% falling
44 Lesotho 34.2 % 2023 up 44.3% flat
45 Lebanon 34 % 2023 up 16.4% rising
45 Sudan 34 % 2023 up 5.9% falling
47 Bhutan 33.8 % 2023 up 18.6% rising
48 Nepal 33.2 % 2023 up 4.7% flat
49 Jordan 33 % 2023 up 13.8% rising
50 Kyrgyzstan 32.9 % 2023 down 2.1% falling
51 Mauritius 32.8 % 2023 up 52.6% rising
52 Egypt 32.7 % 2023 up 13.1% falling
53 Solomon Islands 32.6 % 2023 up 10.5% flat
54 Malawi 32.4 % 2023 up 21.8% falling
55 Kenya 32.2 % 2023 up 17.9% falling
56 Djibouti 31.8 % 2023 up 15.6% flat
57 Algeria 31.6 % 2023 up 5.3% falling
58 Malaysia 31.3 % 2023 down 4.9% flat
59 South Africa 31.2 % 2023 up 17.7% falling
60 Botswana 30.9 % 2023 up 14.0% falling
61 Kazakhstan 30.5 % 2023 up 5.5% falling
62 Uzbekistan 30.4 % 2023 down 4.1% falling
62 Vanuatu 30.4 % 2023 up 16.0% rising
64 Georgia 30.2 % 2023 up 1.3% falling
65 Comoros 29.9 % 2023 up 13.7% falling
65 Fiji 29.9 % 2023 up 4.9% falling
67 Morocco 29.5 % 2023 up 4.2% falling
68 Libya 29.3 % 2023 up 3.9% falling
69 Papua New Guinea 28.8 % 2023 up 14.3% flat
70 Eswatini 28.3 % 2023 up 19.4% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 28.2 % 2023 down 0.4% flat
72 Kuwait 27.7 % 2023 up 5.3% flat
72 Tunisia 27.7 % 2023 up 4.9% flat
74 Zimbabwe 27.5 % 2023 up 8.3% falling
75 Uganda 27.2 % 2023 up 12.4% falling
76 Iraq 27.1 % 2023 up 1.5% falling
76 Zambia 27.1 % 2023 up 3.0% falling
78 Kiribati 26.9 % 2023 up 8.9% flat
79 Indonesia 26.7 % 2023 down 7.6% falling
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26 % 2023 up 17.1% rising
81 Palau 25.9 % 2023 up 13.1% rising
82 Bulgaria 25.8 % 2023 up 18.9% rising
82 Montenegro 25.8 % 2023 up 22.9% rising
82 Seychelles 25.8 % 2023 up 19.4% flat
85 Slovenia 25.7 % 2023 up 20.7% rising
86 Panama 25.5 % 2023 up 13.3% falling
87 Slovakia 25.3 % 2023 up 16.6% rising
88 Namibia 24.9 % 2023 up 31.7% falling
88 Serbia 24.9 % 2023 up 18.6% rising
90 Palestine, State of 24.8 % 2023 up 3.3% falling
91 Albania 24.7 % 2023 up 21.7% rising
91 Estonia 24.7 % 2023 up 17.6% rising
93 Czechia 24.6 % 2023 up 16.6% rising
94 Uruguay 24.5 % 2023 up 22.5% rising
95 Romania 24.3 % 2023 up 15.7% rising
96 Hungary 24.1 % 2023 up 18.7% rising
96 Russian Federation 24.1 % 2023 up 19.3% rising
98 Niue 24 % 2023 up 12.7% flat
99 Cook Islands 23.9 % 2023 up 13.3% flat
100 Lithuania 23.7 % 2023 up 19.1% rising
101 Qatar 23.6 % 2023 down 6.7% falling
102 Argentina 23.5 % 2023 up 14.6% rising
102 Marshall Islands 23.5 % 2023 up 7.3% flat
104 Poland 23.4 % 2023 up 19.4% rising
105 Croatia 23.3 % 2023 up 13.7% rising
106 Paraguay 23.2 % 2023 up 19.6% falling
106 Tuvalu 23.2 % 2023 up 18.4% rising
108 Ethiopia 23.1 % 2023 up 26.9% falling
109 Naoero 22.5 % 2023 up 16.6% rising
110 Colombia 22.4 % 2023 up 25.8% falling
110 Dominican Republic 22.4 % 2023 up 16.7% falling
112 Cuba 22.2 % 2023 up 15.0% falling
112 Suriname 22.2 % 2023 up 16.8% falling
114 Belarus 22.1 % 2023 up 20.8% rising
114 Trinidad and Tobago 22.1 % 2023 up 18.8% falling
116 Dominica 22 % 2023 up 16.4% falling
117 Samoa 21.9 % 2023 up 16.5% rising
118 Jamaica 21.5 % 2023 up 18.1% falling
118 North Macedonia 21.5 % 2023 up 26.5% rising
120 Latvia 21.4 % 2023 up 10.9% flat
121 Belize 21.3 % 2023 up 19.7% falling
121 Brazil 21.3 % 2023 up 0.9% falling
123 Peru 21 % 2023 up 17.3% falling
124 Grenada 20.9 % 2023 up 14.2% falling
124 Sri Lanka 20.9 % 2023 down 17.1% falling
126 Thailand 20.7 % 2023 down 7.6% flat
126 Tonga 20.7 % 2023 up 15.0% rising
128 Antigua and Barbuda 20.3 % 2023 up 14.7% falling
129 Ecuador 20.2 % 2023 up 11.6% falling
130 Barbados 20.1 % 2023 up 14.9% falling
131 Saint Lucia 19.9 % 2023 up 22.1% falling
132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.4 % 2023 up 16.9% falling
132 Ukraine 19.4 % 2023 up 45.9% rising
134 Mongolia 19.1 % 2023 down 3.0% falling
135 Bahamas 18.8 % 2023 up 14.6% falling
135 Honduras 18.8 % 2023 up 34.3% flat
135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.8 % 2023 up 13.3% falling
138 Armenia 18.7 % 2023 up 1.1% flat
138 Japan 18.7 % 2023 down 3.1% falling
140 Brunei Darussalam 18.3 % 2023 up 21.2% flat
141 Saudi Arabia 17.6 % 2023 down 6.9% falling
142 Denmark 17 % 2023 up 28.8% rising
143 Sweden 16.8 % 2023 up 30.2% rising
144 Austria 16.7 % 2023 up 30.5% rising
145 Switzerland 16.6 % 2023 up 31.7% rising
145 Singapore 16.6 % 2023 up 25.8% rising
147 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 16.5 % 2023 up 31.0% rising
148 Andorra 16.4 % 2023 up 29.1% rising
148 Cyprus 16.4 % 2023 up 30.2% rising
148 Italy 16.4 % 2023 up 33.3% rising
151 Norway 16.3 % 2023 up 27.3% rising
152 Rwanda 16.1 % 2023 up 14.2% falling
153 Chile 15.7 % 2023 up 57.0% rising
153 Malta 15.7 % 2023 up 33.1% rising
153 Republic of Korea 15.7 % 2023 up 16.3% falling
156 China 15.6 % 2023 up 2.0% falling
156 Spain 15.6 % 2023 up 30.0% rising
156 Greece 15.6 % 2023 up 25.8% rising
159 Luxembourg 15.4 % 2023 up 31.6% rising
160 Belgium 15 % 2023 up 32.7% rising
160 Portugal 15 % 2023 up 28.2% rising
162 Iceland 14.7 % 2023 up 28.9% rising
163 Israel 14.6 % 2023 up 24.8% rising
164 El Salvador 14.4 % 2023 up 39.8% rising
165 Canada 14 % 2023 up 75.0% rising
165 Germany 14 % 2023 up 48.9% rising
165 Ireland 14 % 2023 up 20.7% rising
168 Costa Rica 13.7 % 2023 up 34.3% falling
169 Finland 13.6 % 2023 up 41.7% rising
169 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.6 % 2023 up 25.9% rising
171 Mexico 13.2 % 2023 up 28.2% falling
172 France 13.1 % 2023 up 59.8% rising
173 New Zealand 12.4 % 2023 up 29.2% rising
174 Philippines 12 % 2023 down 33.3% falling
175 Australia and New Zealand 11.3 % 2023 up 52.7% rising
176 Australia 11.1 % 2023 up 58.6% rising
177 Guatemala 10.5 % 2023 up 25.0% falling

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Indicator
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent) — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 5,616 data points, 2000–2023
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.