Botswana: Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 83 percentage points from 83% in 2017. Since 2004 it is down 31 percentage points from 31% in 2004. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2022, Botswana's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) fell 64 percentage points on 2021 (from 64% to 0%).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was −3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 64 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Botswana in the 2022 ranking

• Comoros — 6th of 9: 16%
• Papua New Guinea — 7th of 9: 13%
• Yemen, Rep. — 8th of 9: 11%

What this measures

Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate refers to the percentage of children ages 6-59 months old receiving two high-dose vitamin A supplements in a calendar year.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 14 values

Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) in nearby economies

• Angola — 7% (2020)
• Benin — 7% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 99% (2023)
• Burundi — 77% (2023)
• Cameroon — 94% (2023)
• Central African Republic — 76% (2023)
• Chad — 95% (2023)
• Comoros — 16% (2022)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More health data for Botswana

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.53% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.86% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 406,270 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 31.6% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 412,499 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 32.32% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 818,769 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 31.96% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 10.46% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Botswana's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months)?

0% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is down 31 percentage points from 31% in 2004. The highest value was 97% in 2009 and the lowest 0% in 2022.

Is the latest change in vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) unusual for Botswana?

In 2022, Botswana's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) fell 64 percentage points on 2021 (from 64% to 0%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2021), the average change was −3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SN.ITK.VITA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNICEF Global Databases, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/vitamin-a-deficiency/, note: based on administrative reports from countries 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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