Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Yemen, Rep. has the highest prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) (79.5% in 2019) and United States the lowest (6.1% in 2019). The world figure is 40.52% (2019).
What this measures
Prevalence of anemia, children ages 6-59 months, is the percentage of children ages 6-59 months whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter, adjusted for altitude.
Limitations: Data for blood haemoglobin concentrations are still limited, compared to other nutritional indicators such as child anthropometry. As a result, the estimates may not capture the full variation across countries and regions.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen, Rep. | 79.5% | 2019 |
| 2 | Mali | 79% | 2019 |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 76.6% | 2019 |
| 4 | Guinea | 73.8% | 2019 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 73.6% | 2019 |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 73.4% | 2019 |
| 7 | Togo | 72.4% | 2019 |
| 8 | Liberia | 72.3% | 2019 |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 72.2% | 2019 |
| 10 | Niger | 72% | 2019 |
| 11 | Benin | 71% | 2019 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 68.9% | 2019 |
| 13 | Mozambique | 68.2% | 2019 |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 68% | 2019 |
| 15 | Senegal | 67.9% | 2019 |
| 16 | Chad | 66.3% | 2019 |
| 17 | Mauritania | 65.5% | 2019 |
| 18 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 64.9% | 2019 |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.3% | 2019 |
| 20 | Angola | 62.4% | 2019 |
| 21 | Congo, Rep. | 60.8% | 2019 |
| 22 | South Sudan | 60.5% | 2019 |
| 23 | Haiti | 60.1% | 2019 |
| 24 | Ghana | 59.5% | 2019 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 59.2% | 2019 |
| 26 | São Tomé and Principe | 58.8% | 2019 |
| 27 | Burundi | 58% | 2019 |
| 28 | Gabon | 57.9% | 2019 |
| 29 | Tanzania | 56.1% | 2019 |
| 30 | Malawi | 55.1% | 2019 |
| 31 | Zambia | 55.1% | 2019 |
| 32 | Comoros | 53.9% | 2019 |
| 33 | India | 53.4% | 2019 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 53% | 2019 |
| 35 | Gambia, The | 52.3% | 2019 |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 52.1% | 2019 |
| 37 | Djibouti | 52% | 2019 |
| 38 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.8% | 2019 |
| 39 | Uganda | 51.7% | 2019 |
| 40 | Lesotho | 51.4% | 2019 |
| 41 | Sudan | 50.8% | 2019 |
| 42 | Myanmar | 49.6% | 2019 |
| 43 | Madagascar | 49.5% | 2019 |
| 44 | Kiribati | 49.4% | 2019 |
| 45 | Cambodia | 49% | 2019 |
| 46 | Eritrea | 48.8% | 2019 |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 46.7% | 2019 |
| 48 | Timor-Leste | 46.3% | 2019 |
| 49 | Namibia | 46.1% | 2019 |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 44.9% | 2019 |
| 51 | Bhutan | 44.7% | 2019 |
| 52 | Nepal | 44.6% | 2019 |
| 53 | South Africa | 44.4% | 2019 |
| 54 | Cabo Verde | 44.1% | 2019 |
| 55 | Botswana | 43.3% | 2019 |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 43.1% | 2019 |
| 57 | Kenya | 42.8% | 2019 |
| 58 | Eswatini | 42.7% | 2019 |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 41.9% | 2019 |
| 60 | Naoero | 41.8% | 2019 |
| 61 | Lao PDR | 41.4% | 2019 |
| 62 | Fiji | 39.9% | 2019 |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 39.5% | 2019 |
| 64 | Indonesia | 38.4% | 2019 |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 38.1% | 2019 |
| 66 | Rwanda | 37.9% | 2019 |
| 67 | Maldives | 37.8% | 2019 |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 37.8% | 2019 |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 37% | 2019 |
| 70 | Bolivia | 36.9% | 2019 |
| 71 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 36.7% | 2019 |
| 72 | Samoa | 35.5% | 2019 |
| 73 | Algeria | 34.3% | 2019 |
| 74 | Tonga | 34% | 2019 |
| 75 | Palau | 33.5% | 2019 |
| 76 | Kyrgyz Republic | 33.4% | 2019 |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 33.1% | 2019 |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.9% | 2019 |
| 79 | Jordan | 32.7% | 2019 |
| 80 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 32.2% | 2019 |
| 81 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 31.6% | 2019 |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 31% | 2019 |
| 83 | Albania | 30.9% | 2019 |
| 84 | Mauritius | 30.7% | 2019 |
| 85 | Seychelles | 30.6% | 2019 |
| 86 | Morocco | 30.4% | 2019 |
| 87 | Tunisia | 30.4% | 2019 |
| 88 | Dominica | 29.8% | 2019 |
| 89 | Peru | 29.6% | 2019 |
| 90 | Iraq | 29.4% | 2019 |
| 91 | Guyana | 29.3% | 2019 |
| 92 | Paraguay | 27.9% | 2019 |
| 93 | Venezuela, RB | 27.9% | 2019 |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 27.8% | 2019 |
| 95 | Romania | 27.1% | 2019 |
| 96 | Moldova | 27% | 2019 |
| 97 | Libya | 26.6% | 2019 |
| 98 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 26.5% | 2019 |
| 99 | Honduras | 26.2% | 2019 |
| 100 | Suriname | 25.9% | 2019 |
| 101 | Ukraine | 25.6% | 2019 |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 25.1% | 2019 |
| 103 | Uruguay | 25.1% | 2019 |
| 104 | Thailand | 24.9% | 2019 |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 24.8% | 2019 |
| 106 | El Salvador | 24.6% | 2019 |
| 107 | Georgia | 24.6% | 2019 |
| 108 | Malaysia | 24.6% | 2019 |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.3% | 2019 |
| 110 | Oman | 24.3% | 2019 |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 24.1% | 2019 |
| 112 | Slovak Republic | 23.7% | 2019 |
| 113 | Grenada | 23.6% | 2019 |
| 114 | Jamaica | 23.6% | 2019 |
| 115 | Ecuador | 23.5% | 2019 |
| 116 | Bahrain | 23.4% | 2019 |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 23% | 2019 |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.9% | 2019 |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 22.9% | 2019 |
| 120 | Lebanon | 22.8% | 2019 |
| 121 | St. Lucia | 22.5% | 2019 |
| 122 | Qatar | 22.4% | 2019 |
| 123 | Colombia | 22.2% | 2019 |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 21.9% | 2019 |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 21.9% | 2019 |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 21.8% | 2019 |
| 127 | Mexico | 21.7% | 2019 |
| 128 | Mongolia | 21.7% | 2019 |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 20.9% | 2019 |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 20.4% | 2019 |
| 131 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 20.4% | 2019 |
| 132 | United Arab Emirates | 20.4% | 2019 |
| 133 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.3% | 2019 |
| 134 | Belize | 20.2% | 2019 |
| 135 | Croatia | 20.2% | 2019 |
| 136 | Chile | 20.1% | 2019 |
| 137 | Barbados | 20% | 2019 |
| 138 | Brunei Darussalam | 20% | 2019 |
| 139 | Kuwait | 19.8% | 2019 |
| 140 | Armenia | 19.6% | 2019 |
| 141 | Serbia | 19.5% | 2019 |
| 142 | Latvia | 19.4% | 2019 |
| 143 | Argentina | 19% | 2019 |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 19% | 2019 |
| 145 | China | 18.8% | 2019 |
| 146 | Czechia | 18.7% | 2019 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 18.2% | 2019 |
| 148 | Cuba | 18.1% | 2019 |
| 149 | Hungary | 18.1% | 2019 |
| 150 | Estonia | 18% | 2019 |
| 151 | Bahamas, The | 17.9% | 2019 |
| 152 | Belarus | 17.8% | 2019 |
| 153 | Lithuania | 17.8% | 2019 |
| 154 | Belgium | 17.4% | 2019 |
| 155 | Malta | 17.4% | 2019 |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.2% | 2019 |
| 157 | Greece | 16.7% | 2019 |
| 158 | Japan | 16.7% | 2019 |
| 159 | Panama | 16% | 2019 |
| 160 | Netherlands | 15.5% | 2019 |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 15.5% | 2019 |
| 162 | New Zealand | 15.3% | 2019 |
| 163 | Germany | 15.1% | 2019 |
| 164 | Korea, Rep. | 15% | 2019 |
| 165 | Italy | 14.9% | 2019 |
| 166 | France | 14.7% | 2019 |
| 167 | Montenegro | 14.7% | 2019 |
| 168 | Austria | 14.6% | 2019 |
| 169 | Spain | 14.6% | 2019 |
| 170 | Sweden | 14.6% | 2019 |
| 171 | Cyprus | 14.5% | 2019 |
| 172 | Denmark | 14.5% | 2019 |
| 173 | Israel | 14.3% | 2019 |
| 174 | Monaco | 14.3% | 2019 |
| 175 | Portugal | 14.3% | 2019 |
| 176 | Andorra | 14.1% | 2019 |
| 177 | Ireland | 14.1% | 2019 |
| 178 | Switzerland | 14% | 2019 |
| 179 | Norway | 13.5% | 2019 |
| 180 | Philippines | 13.5% | 2019 |
| 181 | Singapore | 13.5% | 2019 |
| 182 | Australia | 13.3% | 2019 |
| 183 | Canada | 13.2% | 2019 |
| 184 | San Marino | 12.8% | 2019 |
| 185 | Finland | 11.8% | 2019 |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 11.7% | 2019 |
| 187 | Brazil | 11.6% | 2019 |
| 188 | Iceland | 11% | 2019 |
| 189 | Guatemala | 9.8% | 2019 |
| 190 | United States | 6.1% | 2019 |
Regions and income groups
More health indicators
- Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
- Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
- Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
- Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
- Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
- Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
- Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
- Number of infant deaths
- Number of under-five deaths
- Number of neonatal deaths
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, SH.ANM.CHLD.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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