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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Haiti's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) rose 2 percentage points on 2020 (from 18% to 20%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2020), the average change was −1.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 41 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 10 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 Haiti in the 2021 ranking

• Rwanda — 1st of 3: 93%
• Eritrea — 2nd of 3: 78%

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 15 values

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

• Bolivia — 28% (2023)

More health data for Haiti

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 10.08% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.5% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 1.82 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 30.22% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.85 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 31.37% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 3.67 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 30.79% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 10.1% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

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

20% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 20 percentage points from 0% in 2003. The highest value was 54% in 2012 and the lowest 0% in 2003.

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

In 2021, Haiti's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) rose 2 percentage points on 2020 (from 18% to 20%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2020), the average change was −1.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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