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Exclusive breastfeeding percentage of children under 6 months

Exclusive breastfeeding refers to the percentage of children less than six months old who are fed breast milk alone (no other liquids) in the past 24 hours.Source:
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Country
Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)Year
1
Croatia
98.13%
2008
2
Rwanda
86.93%
2015
3
Chile
84.5%
2006
4
Burundi
82.33%
2017
5
Sri Lanka
82%
2016
6
Solomon Islands
76.2%
2015
7
Vanuatu
72.6%
2013
8
Zambia
72.02%
2014
9
São Tomé and Príncipe
71.72%
2014
10
North Korea
71.4%
2017
11
Samoa
70.3%
2014
12
Kiribati
69%
2009
13
Eritrea
68.7%
2010
14
Nauru
67.2%
2007
15
Lesotho
66.85%
2014
16
Uganda
65.46%
2016
17
Cambodia
65.21%
2014
18
Uruguay
65.2%
2011
19
Nepal
65.16%
2017
20
Peru
64.2%
2017
21
Swaziland
63.82%
2014
22
Kenya
61.39%
2014
23
Federated States of Micronesia
60%
1999
24
Cape Verde
59.6%
2005
25
Malawi
59.44%
2016
26
Tanzania
59.05%
2016
27
Palau
59%
1995
28
Bolivia
58.3%
2016
29
Mongolia
58.3%
2016
30
Turkmenistan
58.26%
2016
31
Togo
57.18%
2014
32
Ethiopia
56.52%
2016
33
Papua New Guinea
56.1%
2007
34
Saint Kitts And Nevis
55.6%
1998
35
Bangladesh
55.29%
2014
36
India
54.87%
2016
37
Georgia
54.8%
2009
38
Sudan
54.6%
2014
39
Liberia
54.58%
2013
40
Guatemala
53.24%
2015
41
Iran
53.1%
2011
42
Guinea-Bissau
52.54%
2014
43
Tonga
52.2%
2012
44
Ghana
52.09%
2014
45
Bhutan
51.4%
2015
46
Myanmar
51.24%
2016
47
East Timor
50.17%
2016
48
Burkina Faso
50.1%
2014
49
Namibia
48.32%
2013
50
Pakistan
47.47%
2018
51
Democratic Republic Of Congo
47.34%
2014
52
Sierra Leone
47.16%
2017
53
Zimbabwe
47.13%
2015
54
Colombia
46.8%
2005
55
Gambia
46.78%
2013
56
El Salvador
46.73%
2014
57
Maldives
45.3%
2009
58
South Sudan
44.54%
2010
59
Armenia
44.49%
2016
60
Laos
44.38%
2017
61
Afghanistan
43.13%
2016
62
Syria
42.6%
2009
63
Marshall Islands
42.3%
2017
64
Senegal
42.09%
2017
65
Madagascar
41.9%
2013
66
Benin
41.4%
2018
67
Mauritania
41.15%
2015
68
Brazil
41%
2008
69
Mozambique
41%
2013
70
Indonesia
40.93%
2012
71
Kyrgyzstan
40.89%
2014
72
Malaysia
40.3%
2016
73
Haiti
39.88%
2017
74
Fiji
39.8%
2004
75
Ecuador
39.6%
2004
76
Egypt
39.54%
2014
77
Grenada
39%
1998
78
Kazakhstan
37.77%
2015
79
Angola
37.38%
2016
80
Mali
37.3%
2017
81
Albania
36.54%
2018
82
Moldova
36.37%
2012
83
Tajikistan
35.8%
2017
84
United States
34.7%
2016
85
Tuvalu
34.7%
2007
86
Guinea
34.19%
2016
87
Isle Of Man
34.17%
2010
88
United Arab Emirates
34%
1995
89
Bahrain
33.8%
1995
90
Belize
33.16%
2016
91
Central African Republic
32.98%
2011
92
Republic of the Congo
32.86%
2015
93
Cuba
32.83%
2014
94
Oman
32.8%
2014
95
Costa Rica
32.54%
2011
96
Argentina
31.95%
2012
97
Nicaragua
31.7%
2012
98
South Africa
31.61%
2016
99
Saudi Arabia
31%
1996
100
Honduras
30.75%
2012
101
New Caledonia
30.6%
2006
102
Mexico
30.14%
2015
103
Turkey
30.1%
2014
104
Paraguay
29.59%
2016
105
Qatar
29.33%
2012
106
Cameroon
28.03%
2014
107
Morocco
27.8%
2011
108
Philippines
27%
2011
109
Iraq
25.82%
2018
110
Jordan
25.4%
2018
111
Algeria
25.39%
2013
112
Vietnam
24%
2014
113
Uzbekistan
23.78%
2006
114
Jamaica
23.78%
2011
115
Nigeria
23.33%
2017
116
Niger
23.25%
2012
117
Ivory Coast
23.13%
2016
118
Thailand
23.04%
2016
119
Republic of Macedonia
23.02%
2011
120
Panama
21.46%
2013
121
Guyana
21.1%
2014
122
Mauritius
21%
2002
123
Botswana
20.3%
2008
124
Ukraine
19.73%
2012
125
Barbados
19.7%
2012
126
Belarus
19.03%
2012
127
China
18.6%
2013
128
Bosnia and Herzegovina
18.19%
2012
129
Montenegro
16.78%
2013
130
Romania
15.8%
2004
131
Lebanon
14.8%
2009
132
Serbia
12.84%
2014
133
Djibouti
12.4%
2012
134
Azerbaijan
12.1%
2013
135
Kuwait
11.9%
1996
136
Trinidad and Tobago
11.7%
2006
137
Comoros
11.43%
2012
138
Yemen
9.7%
2013
139
Tunisia
8.49%
2012
140
Equatorial Guinea
7.4%
2011
141
Venezuela
7.1%
1998
142
Somalia
5.3%
2009
143
Gabon
5.08%
2012
144
Dominican Republic
4.56%
2014
145
Saint Lucia
3.5%
2012
146
Suriname
2.77%
2010
147
Chad
0.11%
2015
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