Use of insecticide-treated bed nets (% of under-5 population) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Use of insecticide-treated bed nets refers to the percentage of children under age five who slept under an insecticide-treated bednet to prevent malaria.
Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 95.50 | 2015 |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 80.60 | 2014 |
| 3 | Mali | 79.10 | 2018 |
| 4 | Benin | 76.30 | 2018 |
| 5 | Mozambique | 72.70 | 2018 |
| 6 | Togo | 69.70 | 2017 |
| 7 | Rwanda | 68.00 | 2017 |
| 8 | Malawi | 67.50 | 2017 |
| 9 | Senegal | 65.40 | 2019 |
| 10 | Madagascar | 62.30 | 2018 |
| 11 | São Tomé and Principe | 61.10 | 2014 |
| 12 | Congo | 60.50 | 2015 |
| 13 | Uganda | 60.30 | 2019 |
| 14 | Cameroon | 59.80 | 2018 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.70 | 2016 |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 59.10 | 2019 |
| 17 | Kenya | 56.10 | 2015 |
| 18 | Tanzania | 54.60 | 2017 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 54.40 | 2018 |
| 20 | Ghana | 54.10 | 2019 |
| 21 | Nigeria | 52.20 | 2018 |
| 22 | Zambia | 51.60 | 2018 |
| 23 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 51.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 45.30 | 2015 |
| 25 | Liberia | 44.30 | 2020 |
| 26 | The Gambia | 44.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Comoros | 41.10 | 2012 |
| 28 | Burundi | 39.90 | 2017 |
| 29 | Gabon | 38.80 | 2012 |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 36.40 | 2010 |
| 30 | Chad | 36.40 | 2015 |
| 32 | Mauritania | 32.10 | 2015 |
| 33 | Botswana | 30.90 | 2012 |
| 34 | Guinea | 26.60 | 2018 |
| 35 | Sudan | 25.30 | 2009 |
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.00 | 2011 |
| 37 | Angola | 21.70 | 2016 |
| 38 | Eritrea | 20.40 | 2010 |
| 39 | Djibouti | 19.90 | 2009 |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 14.90 | 2019 |
| 41 | Somalia | 11.00 | 2006 |
| 42 | Namibia | 5.60 | 2013 |
| 43 | Eswatini | 1.50 | 2010 |
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Statistical Concept and Methodology: Malaria is endemic to the poorest countries in the world, mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Insecticide-treated nets, properly used and maintained, are one of the most important malaria-preventive strategies to limit human-mosquito contact.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
