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

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 83 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 87 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

In 2023, Central African Republic had the 23rd highest value of the 43 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Central African Republic in the 2023 ranking

• Ethiopia — 20th of 43: 77%
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 21st of 43: 77%
• Sierra Leone — 22nd of 43: 77%
• Guinea-Bissau — 24th of 43: 73%
• Namibia — 25th of 43: 58%
• Ghana — 26th of 43: 44%

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 18 values

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

• Angola — 7% (2020)
• Benin — 7% (2023)
• Botswana — 0% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 99% (2023)
• Burundi — 77% (2023)
• Cameroon — 94% (2023)
• Chad — 95% (2023)
• Comoros — 16% (2022)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More health data for Central African Republic

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 17.99% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 19.74% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 1.33 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 46.47% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.35 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 51.07% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 2.68 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 48.68% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

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

76% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 75 percentage points from 1% in 2000. The highest value was 87% in 2009 and the lowest 0% in 2010.

How does Central African Republic rank?

23rd highest of 43 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

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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