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Infant and young child feeding

Country	Year	Exclusively breastfed (%) < 6 months (%)		Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months (%) 6-8 months (%)		Still breastfed at 12-15 months (%)		Still breastfed at 20-23 months (%)		Source
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Afghanistan	2003			29	x	92	x	54	x	MICS 2003.
Albania	2008-2009	39		78		61		31		DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 157
Algeria	2006	7	x	39	x,y	47	x	22	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Andorra
Angola	2001	11	x	77	x	89	x	37	x	MICS 2001, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, February 2003.
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	2005-2006					55		28		Encuesta Nacional de Nutrición y Salud 2005-06, Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente, Table 31, p. 64
Armenia	2010	35		48	y	44		23		DHS 2010, Final report
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan	2006	12	x	83	x	35	x	16	x	DHS 2006, Final Report, Tables 12.212.3, pp. 141142
Bahamas
Bahrain	1995					64	x			Gulf Family Health Survey 1995, Table 15.3, p.202.
Bangladesh	2011	64		71		95		90		pDHS 2011 and DHS 2007 reanalysis by HQ
Barbados
Belarus	2005	9	x	38	x	18	x	4	x	MICS 2005, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Belgium
Belize	2006	10	x					27	x	MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 5556
Benin	2008	43	x	76	y	99		92		DHS 2006 and Analyse Globale de la Vulnérabilité, de la Sécurité Alimentaire et de la Nutrition (AGVSAN) 2008, Tables 19, 21, pp. 8485
Bhutan	2010	49		67		93		66		MICS 2010, Table 3, p. 35
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	60		83		85		40		DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 195
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005	18	x	29	x	26	x	10	x	MICS 2005, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Botswana	2007	20		46	y	36		6		Family Health Survey 2007, Final report, Table 8.4, p. 64
Brazil	2008	41	y	70	x	50	x	25	x	MoH 2008 and MoH, PNDS 2006, Table 43, p. 247
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso	2010-2011	25		61		97		80		pDHS 2010 and KAP Survey 2011
Burundi	2010	69		70	y	94		79		DHS 2010, Preliminary report, Table 10, p. 17
Cambodia	2010	74		82	y	83		43		DHS 2010, Final report
Cameroon	2011	20		63	x,y	79	x	24		DHS MICS Preliminary 2011 and MICS 2006
Canada
Cape Verde	2005	60	x	80	x	77	x	13	x	INE, IDSRII 2005, Final report, Tables 9.1, 9.2, pp. 138139
Central African Republic	2010	34		56	x,y	86	x	32		MICS 2010 and MICS 2006
Chad	2010	3		46		88		59		MICS 2010 Preliminary
Chile
China	2008	28		43	y	37				National Health Services Survey (NHSS) 2008, p. 85
Colombia	2010	43		86		59		33		DHS 2010, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 274
Comoros	2000	21	x	34	x	65	x	45	x	MICS 2000, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, February 2003.
Congo	2005	19	x	78	x	82	x	21	x	DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.2, p. 160
Cook Islands	1999									Raratonga Infant Feeding Survey 1999, South Pacific Commission Report.
Costa Rica	2010	15	x	92		67		40		Análisis de Módulo de Lactancia Materna ENAHO 2006 and 2010 - Ministerio de Salud, CCSS, INEC y UNICEF
Côte d'Ivoire	2006	4	x	51	x	87	x	37	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Croatia	1996									MICS 1996, p. 22.
Cuba	2010-2011	49		77		25		17		MICS 2010-2011 Preliminary
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2004	65	x	31	x	86		36		Nutrition Assessment 2004, Table 21, p. 59.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	37		52		87		53		MICS 2010, Table 3, p. 11
Denmark
Djibouti	2006	1	x	35	x	54	x	18	x	MICS 2006, Final report, Tables C.III.2., C.III.3, pp. 54, 56
Dominica
Dominican Republic	2007	8		88		34		12		DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 195
Ecuador	2004	40	x	77	x	62	x	23	x	CEPAR, ENDEMAIN 2004, Table 12.8
Egypt	2008	53		70		78		35		DHS 2008, Final report, Table 13.2, p. 168
El Salvador	2008	31		72	y	73		54		FESAL 2008. Table 12.15, p. 372
Equatorial Guinea	2000	24	x							MICS 2000, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ.
Eritrea	2002	52	x	43	x	92	x	62	x	DHS 2002, Final report, Table 10.2, p.164.
Estonia
Ethiopia	2011	52		55	x	96		82		ETH_DHS_2011
Fiji	2004	40	x							National Nutrition Survey 2004, pp. 4748
Finland
France
Gabon	2000	6	x	62	x	43	x	9	x	DHS 2000, Final report, Table 9.2, p. 165.
Gambia	2010	34		34		94		31		MICS 2010, Table NU.3
Georgia	2009	55		43	y	37		17		National Nutrition Survey 2009, Table 34, p. 61
Germany
Ghana	2008	63		76		95		44		DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 187
Greece
Grenada	1998									Health Information Unit.
Guatemala	2008-2009	50		71	y	79		46		ENSMI 2008 - 2009. Final report, Tables 9.5A, 9.5B, pp. 305-306
Guinea	2008	48		32	y	100				Enquête Nationale sur l'état nutritionnel et le suivi des indicateurs de Survie de l'Enfant (ENENSE), Table 6.2
Guinea-Bissau	2010	38		43		97		65		MICS 2010, Table 3, p. 10
Guyana	2009	33		81		62		49		DHS 2009, Final report
Haiti	2006	41	x	90	x	83	x	35	x	DHS 2006, Preliminary Report, Table 9, p. 22
Holy See
Honduras	2006	30	x	84	x	72	x	48	x	DHS 2006, Final Report, Table 11.2, p. 181
Hungary
Iceland
India	2005-2006	46	x	56	x	88	x	77	x	NFHS 2005-2006, Final report, Tables 10.4, 10.6, pp. 276, 279
Indonesia	2007	32		85		80		50		DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 11, p. 19
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2005	23	x	68	x	90	x	58	x	MOH, Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (IMES)
Iraq	2006	25	x	62	x	68	x	36	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica	2005	15	x	36	x	49	x	24	x	MICS 2005, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Japan
Jordan	2007	22		84	y	46		11		DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.2
Kazakhstan	2006	17	x	50	x	57	x	16	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Kenya	2008-2009	32		85		86		54		DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.4, p. 149
Kiribati	2009	69				89		82		KIR_DHS 2009 Final Report_2009
Kuwait	1996					21	x			Gulf Family Health Survey 1996, Final report, Table 15.3, p. 203.
Kyrgyzstan	2006	32	x	60	x	68	x	26	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	26	x	41	x	82	x	48	x	MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.3, p. 78
Latvia
Lebanon	2009	15		35	x	38		15		LBN_MICS3_2009; comp MICS 2000
Lesotho	2009	54		68		77		35		DHS 2009, Final report
Liberia	2010	34	y	51	y	89		41		Food Security and Nutrition Survey 2010, Table 5.3, p. 88
Libya	1995					39	x			PAPCHILD, MCH Survey 1995, Table 8.4, p. 87.
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar	2008-2009	51		86		92		61		DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 181
Malawi	2010	72		86		96		77		DHS 2010, Preliminary report, Table 9, p. 19
Malaysia	1996									National Health and Morbidity Survey 1996, Public Health Department, Ministry of Health.
Maldives	2009	48		91		77		68		DHS 2009, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 121
Mali	2006	38	x	25	x	94	x	56	x	DHS 2006, Final report, Tables 11.1, 11.2, pp.158, 160
Malta
Marshall Islands	2007	31		77	y	64		53		DHS 2007, Final report, Tables 11.1, 11.2, pp. 156157
Mauritania	2010	46		61	y	90		47	y	National nutrition Survey 2010, Preliminary report, Tables 13-15, pp. 27-28; contBF2:18-23mo
Mauritius	2002	21	x							Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 2002, Executive Summary, p. 15
Mexico	2009	19		27		36	x			MEX_Encuesta Nacional de la Dinámica Demográfica_2009
Micronesia (Federated States of)	1999									UNICEF, 2000, "Pacific Island Country Profile".
Monaco
Mongolia	2010	59		78		82		66		MICS 2010 Summary
Montenegro	2005	19	x	35	x	25	x	13	x	MICS 2005, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Morocco	2003-2004	31	x	66	x	57	x	15	x	DHS 2003-2004, Final report, Table 10.2, p. 133.
Mozambique	2011	41		86		91		52		pDHS 2011 and MICS 2008 reanalyzed by HQ
Myanmar	2009-2010	24		81	y	91		65		MICS 2009-2010, Table NU.3, p. 78
Namibia	2006	24	x	91	x	69	x	28	x	DHS 2006, Final report
Nauru	2007	67		65	y	68		65		DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Tables 11.4, 11.5
Nepal	2011	70		66		93		93		DHS 2011
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua	2006-2007	31		76	y	68		43		ENDESA 2006-07 (DHS 2006-07), Final report, Table 9.2, p. 295
Niger	2010	27		65	y	95				Enquête Survie des Enfants des enfants de 0 à 59 mois et Mortalité, Tables 2-4, pp. 10-14
Nigeria	2008	13		76		85		32		DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 180
Niue
Norway
Oman	2000			91	x	95	x	73	x	National Health Survey 2000, Table: 4.3, pp. 5455
Pakistan	2006-2007	37		36	y	79		55		DHS 2006-2007, Final report, Tables 11.11-12, pp. 140,142
Palau	1995									Ministry of Health 1996.
Panama	1995-1996					34	x			MICS 1995/1996, Table 14, p. 34.
Papua New Guinea	2006	56	x	76	x,y	89	x	72	x	DHS 2006, Final report, Table 9.2 and reanalysis by UNICEF HQ
Paraguay	2008	24		67	y	38		14		ENDSSR 2008, Table 9.6, p. 299
Peru	2011	71		82		77	y	55	y	DHS 2011
Philippines	2008	34		90		58		34		DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 137
Poland
Portugal
Qatar	1998					32	x			Gulf Family Health Survey 1998, Final report, Table 14.3, p. 191.
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova	2005	46	x	18	x	41	x	2	x	DHS 2005
Romania	2004	16	x	41	x					Reproductive Health Survey, Summary report, Table 6.4.1, pp. 45 and 55.
Russian Federation
Rwanda	2010	85		79		95		84		DHS 2010, Final report
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1998					24	x			Department of Health, 1998.
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa	2009	51		71	y	72		74		DHS 2009, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 140
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	2009	51		74		92		20		DHS 2009, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 165
Saudi Arabia	1996					59	x			Gulf Family Health Survey 1996, p. 60.
Senegal	2010-2011	39		61	x	97		51		DHS MICS 2010-2011
Serbia	2010	14		84		18		15		MICS 2010
Seychelles
Sierra Leone	2010	32		25		84		48		MICS 2010
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands	2007	74		81	y	84		67		DHS 2007, Final report
Somalia	2006	9	x	16	x	50	x	35	x	MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 8081
South Africa	2003	8	x	49	x	66	x	31	x	DHS 2003, Final report, Table 8.2, p. 144
South Sudan	2010	45		21		82		38		MICS 2010
Spain
Sri Lanka	2006-2007	76		87	y	92		84		DHS 2006-2007, Final report, Table 11.4, p. 165
State of Palestine	2006	27	x							Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006. Preliminary Report. Table 17, p49
Sudan	2010	41		51		88		40		SHHS 2010
Suriname	2006	2	x	58	x	39	x	15	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ July 2008
Swaziland	2010	44		66		60		11		MICS 2010, Table NU.3, p. 8
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic	2009	43				56		25		PAPFAM 2009, Table 14-2, p. 162
Tajikistan	2004-2005	25	x	15	x	75	x	34	x	MICS 2005, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Thailand	2009	15								Reproductive health survey, p. 62
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2011	23		41		34		13		MICS 2011 Preliminary
Timor-Leste	2009-2010	52		82		71		33		DHS 2009-2010, Final report, Table 12.3, p. 155
Togo	2010	62		44		93		64		MICS 2010, Table NU.3
Tonga	1999									UNICEF, 2002, "Pacific Islands Country Profile".
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	13	x	83	x	34	x	22	x	MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Tunisia	2006	6	x	61	x,y	48	x	15	x	MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 63, 65
Turkey	2008	42		68	y	67		22		DHS 2008, Final report, Table 12.2, p. 174
Turkmenistan	2005	11	x	54	x	72	x	37	x	MICS 2005, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007
Tuvalu	2007	35		40	y	54		51		DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 9, p. 15
Uganda	2011	62		75	x	87		46		pDHS 2011 and MICS 2006 reanalyzed by HQ
Ukraine	2007	18		86		26		6		DHS 2007, Final report, Table 10.8, p. 95
United Arab Emirates	1995					50	x			Gulf Family Health Survey 1995, Final report, Table 15.3, p. 201.
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania	2010	50		92		94		51		DHS 2010, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 170
United States
Uruguay	2011	65		35	y	45		27		UNICEF RUANDI 2011 and 2007
Uzbekistan	2006	26	x	47	x	78	x	38	x	MICS 2006, Final report, Tables 89, pp. 7980
Vanuatu	2007	40		68		79		32		MICS 2007, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 25, 27
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1998					36	x			Encuesta Nacional de Poblacion y Vivienda 1998, Oficina Central de Estadistica e Informatica, 1998.
Viet Nam	2011	17		50		74		19		MICS 2010-2011
Yemen	2003	12	x	76	x					Family Health Survey 2003, Table 14.2, p. 135
Zambia	2007	61		94		94		42		DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 166
Zimbabwe	2010-2011	31		86		87		20		DHS 2010-2011, Final report

Country	Exclusively breastfed (%) < 6 months (%)	Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months (%) 6-8 months (%)	Still breastfed at 12-15 months (%)	Still breastfed at 20-23 months (%)
Sub-Saharan Africa	37	71	90	50
Eastern and Southern Africa	52	84	91	59
West and Central Africa	25	65	89	43
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia	47	55	87	75
East Asia and the Pacific	28	57	51	42	**
Latin America and the Caribbean	37
CEE/CIS
Industrialized countries
Least developed countries	49	68	92	64
World	39	60	76	58	**

Notes:

x: Data refer to years or periods other than those included in the regional and global averages (2007 - 2011) with the exception of the India NFHS 2005-2006.

y: Data differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

** Excluding China.