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

Key figures

Since 2003 it is up 12 percentage points from 1% in 2003. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

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Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2022 ranking

• Eswatini — 4th of 9: 51%
• Lao PDR — 5th of 9: 36%
• Comoros — 6th of 9: 16%
• Yemen, Rep. — 8th of 9: 11%
• Botswana — 9th of 9: 0%

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

• Cambodia — 61% (2022)
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 77% (2023)
• Lao PDR — 36% (2022)
• Myanmar — 93% (2019)
• Philippines — 10% (2023)
• Timor-Leste — 65% (2020)

More health data for Papua New Guinea

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.41% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.56% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 1.72 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.84% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.85 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.44% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 3.57 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.15% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

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

13% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 12 percentage points from 1% in 2003. The highest value was 34% in 2020 and the lowest 0% in 2018.

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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