Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Prevalence of anemia, non-pregnant women, is the percentage of non-pregnant women whose hemoglobin level is less than 120 grams per liter at sea level.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 59.00 | 2019 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 55.00 | 2019 |
| 3 | Benin | 54.80 | 2019 |
| 4 | Gabon | 52.40 | 2019 |
| 5 | Senegal | 52.30 | 2019 |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 52.20 | 2019 |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.50 | 2019 |
| 8 | The Gambia | 48.90 | 2019 |
| 9 | Congo | 48.70 | 2019 |
| 10 | Niger | 48.60 | 2019 |
| 11 | Mozambique | 48.10 | 2019 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 47.80 | 2019 |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.70 | 2019 |
| 14 | Guinea | 47.50 | 2019 |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 46.30 | 2019 |
| 16 | Chad | 45.50 | 2019 |
| 17 | Togo | 44.90 | 2019 |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.20 | 2019 |
| 19 | Angola | 44.00 | 2019 |
| 20 | São Tomé and Principe | 43.60 | 2019 |
| 21 | Mauritania | 42.80 | 2019 |
| 22 | Somalia | 42.40 | 2019 |
| 23 | Liberia | 41.90 | 2019 |
| 23 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 41.90 | 2019 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 40.20 | 2019 |
| 26 | Burundi | 37.90 | 2019 |
| 26 | Tanzania | 37.90 | 2019 |
| 28 | Madagascar | 37.70 | 2019 |
| 29 | Eritrea | 36.70 | 2019 |
| 30 | Sudan | 36.50 | 2019 |
| 31 | Ghana | 34.50 | 2019 |
| 32 | Comoros | 33.50 | 2019 |
| 33 | Algeria | 33.30 | 2019 |
| 34 | Botswana | 32.60 | 2019 |
| 35 | Djibouti | 32.10 | 2019 |
| 35 | Uganda | 32.10 | 2019 |
| 35 | Tunisia | 32.10 | 2019 |
| 38 | Zambia | 30.70 | 2019 |
| 39 | Eswatini | 30.60 | 2019 |
| 39 | Malawi | 30.60 | 2019 |
| 41 | South Africa | 30.50 | 2019 |
| 42 | Libya | 29.90 | 2019 |
| 43 | Morocco | 29.80 | 2019 |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 28.70 | 2019 |
| 45 | Egypt | 28.40 | 2019 |
| 46 | Kenya | 27.90 | 2019 |
| 47 | Lesotho | 27.50 | 2019 |
| 48 | Namibia | 24.90 | 2019 |
| 48 | Seychelles | 24.90 | 2019 |
| 50 | Cabo Verde | 23.90 | 2019 |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 23.50 | 2019 |
| 52 | Mauritius | 23.40 | 2019 |
| 53 | Rwanda | 16.60 | 2019 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
