Arab Region | Exclusive breastfeeding, percent of children under 6 months (Arab countries,1990–2020)
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.
Arab Region | Exclusive breastfeeding, percent of children under 6 months (Arab countries,1990–2020)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 2000 | 28.8 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 27 |
| Palestine | 2007 | 24.8 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 28.72 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 38.14 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 38.9 |
| Yemen | 1992 | 13.1 |
| Yemen | 1997 | 17.8 |
| Yemen | 2003 | 11.5 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 9.7 |
| Somalia | 1999 | 9 |
| Somalia | 2000 | 9 |
| Somalia | 2006 | 9.06 |
| Somalia | 2009 | 5.3 |
| Somalia | 2019 | 33.7 |
| Sudan | 2000 | 15.6 |
| Sudan | 2006 | 34 |
| Sudan | 2010 | 40.97 |
| Sudan | 2014 | 54.6 |
| Syria | 2000 | 81 |
| Syria | 2006 | 28.46 |
| Syria | 2009 | 42.6 |
| Syria | 2019 | 28.5 |
| Tunisia | 2000 | 46.5 |
| Tunisia | 2006 | 6.2 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 8.49 |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 13.55 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1995 | 34 |
| Mauritania | 2001 | 20.2 |
| Mauritania | 2007 | 11.17 |
| Mauritania | 2008 | 15.9 |
| Mauritania | 2009 | 34.7 |
| Mauritania | 2010 | 45.9 |
| Mauritania | 2011 | 26.65 |
| Mauritania | 2015 | 41.15 |
| Mauritania | 2018 | 40.3 |
| Morocco | 1992 | 54.5 |
| Morocco | 1995 | 24.8 |
| Morocco | 1997 | 66 |
| Morocco | 2004 | 30.99 |
| Morocco | 2011 | 27.8 |
| Morocco | 2018 | 35 |
| Oman | 2014 | 32.8 |
| Oman | 2017 | 23.2 |
| Qatar | 1998 | 11.7 |
| Qatar | 2012 | 29.33 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1996 | 31 |
| Algeria | 2000 | 12.6 |
| Algeria | 2006 | 6.9 |
| Algeria | 2013 | 25.39 |
| Algeria | 2019 | 28.63 |
| Bahrain | 1995 | 33.8 |
| Comoros | 1996 | 3.2 |
| Comoros | 2000 | 10.19 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 11.43 |
| Djibouti | 2006 | 1.3 |
| Djibouti | 2012 | 12.4 |
| Egypt | 1993 | 61.4 |
| Egypt | 1996 | 56.3 |
| Egypt | 2000 | 56.06 |
| Egypt | 2003 | 30.4 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 41.13 |
| Egypt | 2008 | 52.83 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 39.54 |
| Iraq | 2000 | 11.65 |
| Iraq | 2006 | 25.38 |
| Iraq | 2011 | 19.42 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 25.82 |
| Jordan | 1990 | 38.6 |
| Jordan | 1997 | 11 |
| Jordan | 2002 | 26.7 |
| Jordan | 2007 | 21.76 |
| Jordan | 2012 | 22.68 |
| Jordan | 2018 | 25.4 |
| Kuwait | 1996 | 11.9 |
| Lebanon | 2000 | 26.6 |
| Lebanon | 2009 | 14.8 |
Arab Region | Exclusive breastfeeding, percent of children under 6 months (Arab countries,1990–2020)
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.