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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Nov 2009 Infant and young child feeding Download File Country Year Exclusively breastfed (%) Breastfed with complementary food (%) Still breastfed (%) Source 0-5 months 6-9 months 12-15 months 20-23 months Afghanistan 2003 29 92 54 MICS 2003, Final report, Table NU. 3 Albania 2006 40 69 74 22 National survey on BF and young child feeding practices, Tables 8 - 23, pp. 20 - 28 Algeria 2006 7 39 47 22 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Andorra Angola 2001 11 77 89 37 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 2005 33 57 40 15 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 12.3, p. 146 Australia Austria Azerbaijan 2006 12 44 35 16 DHS 2006, Final Report, Tables 12.2-12.3, pp. 141-142 Bahamas Bahrain 1995 34 65 64 41 Gulf Family Health Survey 1995, Table 15.3, p. 202 Bangladesh 2007 43 74 95 91 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 152 Barbados Belarus 2005 9 38 18 4 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Belgium Belize 2006 10 27 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 55-56 Benin 2006 43 72 96 57 2006 DHS Final Report, p. 179 table 12.3 Bhutan Bolivia 2008 60 81 85 40 DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 5.3, p. 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005 18 29 26 10 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Botswana 2000 34 57 54 11 MICS 2000, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, February 2003 Brazil 2006 40 70 50 25 MOH, PNDS 2006, Table 43, p. 247 Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso 2006 7 50 96 85 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Burundi 2005 45 88 ISTEEBU, Rapport de l'Enquête Nationale de Nutrition de la Population 2005, Table 8, p. 26 Cambodia 2005 60 82 90 54 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 15.3, p. 172 Cameroon 2006 21 64 79 21 MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.3, p. 131 Canada Cape Verde 2005 60 80 77 13 INE, IDSR-II 2005, Final report, Tables 9.1, 9.2, pp. 138-139 Central African Republic 2006 23 55 86 47 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Chad 2004 2 77 92 65 DHS 2004, Final report, Table 12.2, pp. 196-197 Chile 2006 Ministerio de Salud. Departamento de Estadísticas de Salud.Annexo Salud3 China 2003 32 43 15 Third National Health Services Survey, Ministry of Health, 2003. Colombia 2005 47 65 57 32 DHS 2005, Final report, Table 11.2, p. 251. Comoros 2000 21 34 65 45 MICS 2000, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ, February 2003 Congo 2005 19 78 82 21 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.2, p. 160 Congo, Dem. Rep. 2007 36 82 91 64 DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 11, p. 23 Cook Islands 1998 19 Raratonga Infant Feeding Survey 1999, South Pacific Commission Report. Costa Rica 2006 15 59 49 Comisión de Lactancia Materna. VI Estado de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia en Costa Rica, Tables B13-B14, pp. 297-299 Côte d'Ivoire 2006 4 54 87 37 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Croatia 1996 23 MICS 1996, Final report, Table NU. 3, p. 22 Cuba 2006 26 47 25 16 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.1~2, pp. 42~43 Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti 2006 1 23 54 18 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables C.III.2., C.III.3, pp. 54, 56 Dominica Dominican Republic 2007 9 62 51 21 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 6.3, p. 80 Ecuador 2004 40 77 62 23 CEPAR, ENDEMAIN 2004, Table 12.8 Egypt 2008 53 66 78 35 DHS 2008, Final report, Table 13.2, p. 168 El Salvador 2008 31 FESAL 2008, Abstract report, p. 32 Equatorial Guinea 2000 24 MICS 2000, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ. Eritrea 2002 52 43 92 62 DHS 2002, Final report, Table 10.2, p. 164 Estonia Ethiopia 2005 49 54 94 88 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.2, p.145 Fiji 2004 40 National Nutrition Survey 2004, pp. 47-48 Finland France Gabon 2000 6 62 43 9 DHS 2000, Final report, Table 9.2, p. 165 Gambia 2006 41 44 92 53 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Georgia 2005 11 35 41 20 MICS 2005, Final report, Tables NU.2-3, pp. 8-9 Germany Ghana 2008 63 75 95 44 DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 12, p. 24 Greece Grenada 1998 39 Health Information Unit Guatemala 2002 51 67 81 47 ENSMI 2002, Final report, Table 9.6, p. 191 Guinea 2008 48 32 100 Enquête Nationale sur l'état nutritionnel et le suivi des indicateurs de Survie de l'Enfant (ENENSE), Table 6.2 Guinea-Bissau 2006 16 35 93 61 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 111-112 Guyana 2006 21 34 65 48 MICS 2006, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ July 2008 Haiti 2006 41 87 83 35 DHS 2006, Preliminary Report, Table 9, p. 22 Holy See Honduras 2006 30 69 72 48 DHS 2006, Final Report, Table 11.2, p. 181 Hungary Iceland India 2005-2006 46 57 88 77 NFHS 2005-06, Final report, Tables 10.4, 10.6, pp. 276, 279 Indonesia 2007 32 75 80 50 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 14.2, p. 171 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2005 23 68 90 58 MOH, Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (IMES) Iraq 2006 25 51 68 36 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica 2005 15 36 49 24 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Japan Jordan 2007 22 66 46 11 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.2 Kazakhstan 2006 17 39 57 16 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Kenya 2003 13 84 92 57 DHS 2003, Final report, Table 10.2, p. 155. Kiribati 1993 80 UNICEF, 2000, "Pacific Island Country Profile" Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2004 65 31 67 37 Nutrition Assessment 2004, Table 21, p. 59 Korea, Republic of Kuwait 1996 12 26 21 9 Gulf Family Health Survey 1996, Final report, Table 15.3, p. 203 Kyrgyzstan 2006 32 49 68 26 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2006 26 70 82 48 MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.3, p. 78 Latvia Lebanon 2000 27 35 35 11 MICS 2000, Preliminary report, Table 10 Lesotho 2004 36 79 90 60 DHS 2004, Final report, Table 10.2, p.159 Liberia 2007 29 62 87 47 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 141 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1995 39 23 PAPCHILD, MCH Survey 1995, Table 8.4, p. 87 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar 2003-2004 67 78 91 64 DHS 2003-04, Final report, Table 9.2, p. 164 Malawi 2006 57 89 97 72 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables 6.2a, 6.4a, pp. 51, 57 Malaysia 1996 29 12 National Health and Morbidity Survey 1996, Public Health Department, Ministry of Health Maldives 2001 10 85 MICS 2001, Final report, Table 5.3 Mali 2006 38 30 94 56 DHS 2006, Final report, Tables 11.1, 11.2, pp.158, 160 Malta Marshall Islands 2007 31 77 64 53 DHS 2007, Final report, Tables 11.1, 11.2, pp. 156-157 Mauritania 2008 16 72 Enquête rapidee sur la nutrition et la survie de l'enfant en Mauritanie avril 2008, Rapport Final, Table 33, p. 40 Mauritius 2002 21 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 2002, Executive Summary, p. 15 Mexico 1987 38 36 32 21 DHS 1987, Reanalyzed by ORC Macro International. Micronesia (Federated States of) 1999 60 UNICEF, 2000, "Pacific Island Country Profile" Moldova, Republic of 2005 46 18 41 2 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.2, p. 141 Monaco Mongolia 2005 57 57 82 65 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Montenegro 2005 19 35 25 13 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Morocco 2003-2004 31 66 57 15 DHS 2003-04, Final report, Table 10.2, p. 133 Mozambique 2008 37 84 91 54 MICS 2008, Statistical Table NU.3 Myanmar 2003 15 66 85 67 MICS 2003, Table 14, pp. 40-41 Namibia 2006 24 72 65 28 DHS 2006, Final report, Table 12.3, p. 154 Nauru 2007 67 65 68 65 DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Tables 11.4, 11.5 Nepal 2006 53 75 98 95 DHS 2006, Final Report, Table 12.2, p. 176 Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua 2006-2007 31 76 68 43 ENDESA 2006-07 (DHS 2006-07), Final report, Table 9.2, p. 295 Niger 2008 4 66 Nutrition et Survie de l'Enfant, Table 22, p. 57 Nigeria 2008 13 75 85 32 DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 9, p. 21 Niue Norway Occupied Palestinian Territory 2006 27 Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006. Preliminary Report. Table 17, p. 49 Oman 2000 91 95 73 National Health Survey 2000, Table: 4.3, pp. 54-55 Pakistan 2006-2007 37 36 79 55 DHS 2006-07, Final report, Tables 11.1-11.2, pp. 140,142 Palau 1995 59 Ministry of Health 1996 Panama 1995-1996 25 38 34 21 MICS 1995/1996, Table 14, p. 34 Papua New Guinea 2006 56 76 89 72 DHS 2006, Final report, Table 9.2 and re-analysis by UNICEF HQ Paraguay 2004 22 60 Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud Reproductiva 2004, Informe Resumido, p. 73. Peru 2007 69 Presupuesto por Resultados (MEF) Línea de Base de Resultados 2008 / INEI - ENDES 2007, p. 8 Philippines 2008 34 58 58 34 DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 11, p. 20 Poland Portugal Qatar 1998 12 48 32 21 Gulf Family Health Survey 1998, Final report, Table 14.3, p. 191 Romania 2004 16 41 Reproductive Health Survey, Summary report, Table 6.4.1, pp. 45 and 55 Russian Federation Rwanda 2005 88 69 96 77 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 10.2, p. 134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1998 56 24 Department of Health, 1998 Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe 2006 60 60 88 18 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Saudi Arabia 1996 31 60 59 30 Gulf Family Health Survey 1996, p. 60 Senegal 2005 34 61 93 42 DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 10.2, p. 185 Serbia 2005 15 39 22 8 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Seychelles Sierra Leone 2008 11 73 82 50 DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 11, p. 20 Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands 2007 74 81 84 67 DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Tables 11.4, 11.5 Somalia 2006 9 15 50 35 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 80-81 South Africa 2003 8 49 66 31 DHS 2003, Final report, Table 8.2, p. 144 Spain Sri Lanka 2006-2007 76 86 92 83 DHS 2006-07, Preliminary report, Table 11, p. 19 Sudan 2006 34 56 84 35 Sudan Household Health Survey 2006, Final report, Table 5.2, p. 65 Suriname 2006 2 34 39 15 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ July 2008 Swaziland 2006-2007 32 77 78 31 DHS 2006-07, Final report, Tables 11.2, 11.3, pp. 146-147 Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic 2006 29 37 64 16 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Tajikistan 2004-2005 25 15 75 34 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Tanzania, United Republic of 2003-2004 41 91 91 55 DHS 2004, Final Report, Table 11.2, p. 180 Thailand 2005 5 43 32 19 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1999 37 8 33 10 MICS 1999, Final report, Table NU. 3 Timor-Leste 2003 31 82 76 35 DHS 2003, Final report (national report), Table 13.2, p. 191 Togo 2008 48 70 71 National survey on Nutrition, Mortality and Feeding Practice 2008, pp. 45-47 Tonga 1999 62 UNICEF, 2002, "Pacific Islands Country Profile" Trinidad and Tobago 2006 13 43 34 22 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Tunisia 2006 6 61 48 15 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 63, 65 Turkey 2008 40 71 58 26 DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 19, p. 25 Turkmenistan 2005 11 54 72 37 MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Tuvalu 2007 35 40 54 51 DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 9, p. 15 Uganda 2006 60 80 91 54 DHS 2006, Final report, Tables 12.2, 12.3, pp. 157, 159 Ukraine 2007 18 55 26 6 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 10.8, p. 95 United Arab Emirates 1995 34 52 50 29 Gulf Family Health Survey 1995, Final report, Table 15.3, p. 201 United Kingdom United States Uruguay 2007 57 35 44 28 RUANDI - MSP - UNICEF, Encuesta de lactancia, estado nutricional y alimentación complementaria, 2007, Tables 2.2 - 2.18 Uzbekistan 2006 26 45 78 38 MICS 2006, Final report, Tables 8-9, pp. 79-80 Vanuatu 2007 40 62 79 32 MICS 2007, Final report, Tables NU.2, NU.3, pp. 25, 27 Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of) 1998 7 50 36 31 Encuesta Nacional de Poblacion y Vivienda 1998, Oficina Central de Estadistica e Informatica, 1998 Viet Nam 2006 17 70 78 23 MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007 Yemen 2003 12 76 Family Health Survey 2003, Table 14.2, p. 135 Zambia 2007 61 93 94 42 DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.3, p. 166 Zimbabwe 2005-2006 22 79 87 40 DHS2005-06, Final report, Tables 11.1, 11.2, pp. 150-151 Regional summary Africa 32 69 85 49 Sub-Saharan Africa 31 70 88 52 Eastern and Southern Africa 42 72 87 61 West and Central Africa 22 70 88 45 Middle East and North Africa 30 60 73 34 Asia 41 51 73 53 South Asia 45 55 87 75 East Asia and Pacific – 45 54 26 Latin America and Caribbean 41 69 56 28 CEE/CIS 27 53 54 23 Industrialized countries – – – – Developing countries 37 58 75 50 Least developed countries 39 69 91 67 World 37 57 74 49

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