Bangladesh's diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) was 72.4% in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.6 percentage points from 77% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 72.4% | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 77% | 2014 |
| Highest | 83.3% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 26% | 1987 |
| Average since 2011 | 76.66% | 2011–2019 |
| First recorded | 51% | 1986 |
Over five years it is down 4.6 percentage points from 77% in 2014. Since 1986 it is up 21.4 percentage points from 51% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
Closest to Bangladesh in the 2019 ranking
- Sierra Leone — 1st of 8: 85.3%
- Zambia — 3rd of 8: 66.8%
- Nepal — 4th of 8: 59.5%
- Dominican Republic — 5th of 8: 53.2%
What this measures
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).
Limitations: The indicator does not assess the severity of the diarrhea.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 14 values
| Year | Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 72.4 |
| 2018 | 83.3 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 77 |
| 2013 | 73 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 77.6 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 |
Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in nearby economies
- Nepal — 59.5% (2019)
More health data for Bangladesh
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.21% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 9.97% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 23.54 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.35% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 25.03 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 28.99% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 48.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 27.65% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.59% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Bangladesh's diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)?
- 72.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is up 21.4 percentage points from 51% in 1986. The highest value was 83.3% in 2018 and the lowest 26% in 1987.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.ORTH, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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