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.
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Arab Development Portal
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Arab Region
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77
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Arab Region | Exclusive breastfeeding, percent of children under 6 months (Arab countries,1990–2020)
| Location |
value
Min
Max
|
Year |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 28.8 | 2000 |
| Palestine | 27 | 2006 |
| Palestine | 24.8 | 2007 |
| Palestine | 28.72 | 2010 |
| Palestine | 38.14 | 2014 |
| Palestine | 38.9 | 2020 |
| Yemen | 13.1 | 1992 |
| Yemen | 17.8 | 1997 |
| Yemen | 11.5 | 2003 |
| Yemen | 9.7 | 2013 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1999 |
| Somalia | 9 | 2000 |
| Somalia | 9.06 | 2006 |
| Somalia | 5.3 | 2009 |
| Somalia | 33.7 | 2019 |
| Sudan | 15.6 | 2000 |
| Sudan | 34 | 2006 |
| Sudan | 40.97 | 2010 |
| Sudan | 54.6 | 2014 |
| Syria | 81 | 2000 |
| Syria | 28.46 | 2006 |
| Syria | 42.6 | 2009 |
| Syria | 28.5 | 2019 |
| Tunisia | 46.5 | 2000 |
| Tunisia | 6.2 | 2006 |
| Tunisia | 8.49 | 2012 |
| Tunisia | 13.55 | 2018 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 1995 |
| Mauritania | 20.2 | 2001 |
| Mauritania | 11.17 | 2007 |
| Mauritania | 15.9 | 2008 |
| Mauritania | 34.7 | 2009 |
| Mauritania | 45.9 | 2010 |
| Mauritania | 26.65 | 2011 |
| Mauritania | 41.15 | 2015 |
| Mauritania | 40.3 | 2018 |
| Morocco | 54.5 | 1992 |
| Morocco | 24.8 | 1995 |
| Morocco | 66 | 1997 |
| Morocco | 30.99 | 2004 |
| Morocco | 27.8 | 2011 |
| Morocco | 35 | 2018 |
| Oman | 32.8 | 2014 |
| Oman | 23.2 | 2017 |
| Qatar | 11.7 | 1998 |
| Qatar | 29.33 | 2012 |
| Saudi Arabia | 31 | 1996 |
| Algeria | 12.6 | 2000 |
| Algeria | 6.9 | 2006 |
| Algeria | 25.39 | 2013 |
| Algeria | 28.63 | 2019 |
| Bahrain | 33.8 | 1995 |
| Comoros | 3.2 | 1996 |
| Comoros | 10.19 | 2000 |
| Comoros | 11.43 | 2012 |
| Djibouti | 1.3 | 2006 |
| Djibouti | 12.4 | 2012 |
| Egypt | 61.4 | 1993 |
| Egypt | 56.3 | 1996 |
| Egypt | 56.06 | 2000 |
| Egypt | 30.4 | 2003 |
| Egypt | 41.13 | 2005 |
| Egypt | 52.83 | 2008 |
| Egypt | 39.54 | 2014 |
| Iraq | 11.65 | 2000 |
| Iraq | 25.38 | 2006 |
| Iraq | 19.42 | 2011 |
| Iraq | 25.82 | 2018 |
| Jordan | 38.6 | 1990 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1997 |
| Jordan | 26.7 | 2002 |
| Jordan | 21.76 | 2007 |
| Jordan | 22.68 | 2012 |
| Jordan | 25.4 | 2018 |
| Kuwait | 11.9 | 1996 |
| Lebanon | 26.6 | 2000 |
| Lebanon | 14.8 | 2009 |
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
77
Source