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Countries Ranked by Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)

Showing every country with available data for 2019 • World Bank: SH.ANM.CHLD.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) data for 2019, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 190 countries reporting, the median value is 27.05, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Myanmar

49.60

Europe & Central Asia

Tajikistan

37.00

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

60.10

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Yemen, Rep.

79.50

North America

Canada

13.20

South Asia

India

53.40

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mali

79.00

Rank Country Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
1 Yemen, Rep. 79.50
2 Mali 79.00
3 Burkina Faso 76.60
4 Guinea 73.80
5 Central African Republic 73.60
6 Sierra Leone 73.40
7 Togo 72.40
8 Liberia 72.30
9 Cote d'Ivoire 72.20
10 Niger 72.00
11 Benin 71.00
12 Nigeria 68.90
13 Mozambique 68.20
14 Guinea-Bissau 68.00
15 Senegal 67.90
16 Chad 66.30
17 Mauritania 65.50
18 Congo, Dem. Rep. 64.90
19 Equatorial Guinea 64.30
20 Angola 62.40
21 Congo, Rep. 60.80
22 South Sudan 60.50
23 Haiti 60.10
24 Ghana 59.50
25 Cameroon 59.20
26 Sao Tome and Principe 58.80
27 Burundi 58.00
28 Gabon 57.90
29 Tanzania 56.10
30 Malawi 55.10
31 Zambia 55.10
32 Comoros 53.90
33 India 53.40
34 Pakistan 53.00
35 Gambia, The 52.30
36 Ethiopia 52.10
37 Djibouti 52.00
38 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 51.80
39 Uganda 51.70
40 Lesotho 51.40
41 Sudan 50.80
42 Myanmar 49.60
43 Madagascar 49.50
44 Kiribati 49.40
45 Cambodia 49.00
46 Eritrea 48.80
47 Papua New Guinea 46.70
48 Timor-Leste 46.30
49 Namibia 46.10
50 Afghanistan 44.90
51 Bhutan 44.70
52 Nepal 44.60
53 South Africa 44.40
54 Cabo Verde 44.10
55 Botswana 43.30
56 Bangladesh 43.10
57 Kenya 42.80
58 Eswatini 42.70
59 Tuvalu 41.90
60 Nauru 41.80
61 Lao PDR 41.40
62 Fiji 39.90
63 Marshall Islands 39.50
64 Indonesia 38.40
65 Solomon Islands 38.10
66 Rwanda 37.90
67 Zimbabwe 37.80
68 Maldives 37.80
69 Tajikistan 37.00
70 Bolivia 36.90
71 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 36.70
72 Samoa 35.50
73 Algeria 34.30
74 Tonga 34.00
75 Palau 33.50
76 Kyrgyz Republic 33.40
77 Turkmenistan 33.10
78 Syrian Arab Republic 32.90
79 Jordan 32.70
80 Egypt, Arab Rep. 32.20
81 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 31.60
82 Vanuatu 31.00
83 Albania 30.90
84 Mauritius 30.70
85 Seychelles 30.60
86 Tunisia 30.40
87 Morocco 30.40
88 Dominica 29.80
89 Peru 29.60
90 Iraq 29.40
91 Guyana 29.30
92 Paraguay 27.90
93 Venezuela, RB 27.90
94 Dominican Republic 27.80
95 Romania 27.10
96 Moldova 27.00
97 Libya 26.60
98 Iran, Islamic Rep. 26.50
99 Honduras 26.20
100 Suriname 25.90
101 Ukraine 25.60
102 Sri Lanka 25.10
103 Uruguay 25.10
104 Thailand 24.90
105 Azerbaijan 24.80
106 El Salvador 24.60
107 Malaysia 24.60
108 Georgia 24.60
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.30
110 Oman 24.30
111 Bulgaria 24.10
112 Slovak Republic 23.70
113 Jamaica 23.60
114 Grenada 23.60
115 Ecuador 23.50
116 Bahrain 23.40
117 Kazakhstan 23.00
118 Trinidad and Tobago 22.90
119 Viet Nam 22.90
120 Lebanon 22.80
121 St. Lucia 22.50
122 Qatar 22.40
123 Colombia 22.20
124 Uzbekistan 21.90
125 Russian Federation 21.90
126 Saudi Arabia 21.80
127 Mexico 21.70
128 Mongolia 21.70
129 Nicaragua 20.90
130 St. Kitts and Nevis 20.40
131 United Arab Emirates 20.40
132 North Macedonia 20.40
133 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 20.30
134 Belize 20.20
135 Croatia 20.20
136 Chile 20.10
137 Barbados 20.00
138 Brunei Darussalam 20.00
139 Kuwait 19.80
140 Armenia 19.60
141 Serbia 19.50
142 Latvia 19.40
143 Costa Rica 19.00
144 Argentina 19.00
145 China 18.80
146 Czechia 18.70
147 Slovenia 18.20
148 Cuba 18.10
149 Hungary 18.10
150 Estonia 18.00
151 Bahamas, The 17.90
152 Belarus 17.80
153 Lithuania 17.80
154 Belgium 17.40
155 Malta 17.40
156 Antigua and Barbuda 17.20
157 Japan 16.70
158 Greece 16.70
159 Panama 16.00
160 Netherlands 15.50
161 United Kingdom 15.50
162 New Zealand 15.30
163 Germany 15.10
164 Korea, Rep. 15.00
165 Italy 14.90
166 France 14.70
167 Montenegro 14.70
168 Spain 14.60
169 Austria 14.60
170 Sweden 14.60
171 Denmark 14.50
172 Cyprus 14.50
173 Monaco 14.30
174 Israel 14.30
175 Portugal 14.30
176 Andorra 14.10
177 Ireland 14.10
178 Switzerland 14.00
179 Norway 13.50
180 Philippines 13.50
181 Singapore 13.50
182 Australia 13.30
183 Canada 13.20
184 San Marino 12.80
185 Finland 11.80
186 Luxembourg 11.70
187 Brazil 11.60
188 Iceland 11.00
189 Guatemala 9.80
190 United States 6.10

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.ANM.CHLD.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2019; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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