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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Timor-Leste's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) fell 13 percentage points on 2019 (from 78% to 65%).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +2.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 17 percentage points in 2012. 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 2020 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.06 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 58% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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 Timor-Leste in the 2020 ranking

• India — 2nd of 3: 54%
• Angola — 3rd of 3: 7%

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 17 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)
• Papua New Guinea — 13% (2022)
• Philippines — 10% (2023)

More health data for Timor-Leste

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 10.28% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.67% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 230,489 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.77% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 239,254 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.45% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 469,743 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.12% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.68% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

65% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 39 percentage points from 26% in 2002. The highest value was 78% in 2019 and the lowest 26% in 2002.

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

In 2020, Timor-Leste's vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) fell 13 percentage points on 2019 (from 78% to 65%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2019), the average change was +2.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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