Senegal: Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 3.4 percentage points from 22.6% in 2014. Since 1986 it is up 23 percentage points from 3% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 18 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 9 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.1 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 8 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.

Closest to Senegal in the 2019 ranking

• Nepal — 4th of 8: 59.5%
• Dominican Republic — 5th of 8: 53.2%
• Zimbabwe — 6th of 8: 32.8%
• Chad — 8th of 8: 17.4%

What this measures

Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Limitations: The indicator does not assess the severity of the diarrhea.

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

All 16 values

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in nearby economies

• Cameroon — 17.9% (2018)
• Chad — 17.4% (2019)
• Ghana — 47.8% (2018)
• Guinea — 54.9% (2018)
• Madagascar — 19.6% (2021)
• Malawi — 51.4% (2020)
• Mali — 21.4% (2018)
• Nigeria — 40% (2018)
• Rwanda — 28% (2020)

More health data for Senegal

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.37% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 13.47% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 3.45 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 37.01% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 3.7 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 38.46% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 7.15 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 37.74% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.03% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Senegal's diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)?

26% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1986?

It is up 23 percentage points from 3% in 1986. The highest value was 31.6% in 2015 and the lowest 3% in 1986.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.ORTH, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program 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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