Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0-5 months of age (percent) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National by country
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and...
What the numbers show
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0-5 months of age (percent) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 85 % in Burundi; the lowest is 7.4 % in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 51 %, and the mean is 48 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 188.1%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 30.9%).
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0-5 months of age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 85 % | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 65 % | 2020 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34 % | 2021 | up 188.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Rwanda | 80.9 % | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 64.3 % | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 3 | Peru | 70.1 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 55.7 % | 2016 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 4 | Togo | 64.3 % | 2017 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 52.5 % | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 64.1 % | 2020 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 5 | Zambia | 64.1 % | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 50.6 % | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 45.4 % | 2020 | up 167.1% | rising |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.1 % | 2019 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 8 | Lesotho | 60.7 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 9 | Kenya | 59.7 % | 2022 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.3 % | 2019 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 58.8 % | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 56.4 % | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 55.5 % | 2022 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 14 | Madagascar | 54.4 % | 2021 | up 29.8% | flat |
| 15 | Eswatini | 54 % | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 16 | Gambia | 53.6 % | 2020 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 53.3 % | 2022 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 18 | Ghana | 52.6 % | 2022 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 51.3 % | 2021 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 20 | Mongolia | 51.1 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 50.9 % | 2021 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 50.3 % | 2021 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 23 | Guinea | 43.7 % | 2022 | up 114.2% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 42.4 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 41.4 % | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 26 | Mauritania | 40.9 % | 2020 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 27 | Tajikistan | 40.8 % | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 28 | Cuba | 40.6 % | 2019 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 29 | Mali | 40.3 % | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 30 | Egypt | 40.2 % | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 39.4 % | 2018 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 36.2 % | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 33 | Senegal | 34.4 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 34 | Nigeria | 28.8 % | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 35 | Thailand | 28.6 % | 2022 | up 132.5% | rising |
| 36 | Guyana | 28.5 % | 2019 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 25.2 % | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 38 | Niger | 24.5 % | 2022 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 23.9 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 15.8 % | 2019 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 41 | Chad | 7.4 % | 2022 | up 131.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 25.8 %
About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.