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

Key figures

Since 2004 it is down 1.46 percentage points from 48.78% 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

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.21 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 26.45 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.

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 12 values

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

• Afghanistan — 99% (2023)
• Djibouti — 0% (2019)
• Pakistan — 90% (2023)
• Yemen, Rep. — 11% (2022)

More health data for Early-demographic dividend

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.7% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.95% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 469.55 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.51% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 497.73 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 27.33% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 967.28 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 26.92% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

47.32% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is down 1.46 percentage points from 48.78% in 2004. The highest value was 75.18% in 2009 and the lowest 47.32% in 2020.

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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