Nigeria - Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

The value for Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in Nigeria was 40.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 11.70 in 1990.

Definition: Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

See also:

Year Value
1986 18.00
1987 20.00
1989 35.00
1990 11.70
1999 34.30
2003 18.20
2008 25.50
2011 26.00
2013 33.70
2017 36.80
2018 40.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention