Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) - Country Ranking - Africa
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: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Find indicator:
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 93.60 | 2012 |
| 2 | Seychelles | 88.00 | 1989 |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 85.30 | 2019 |
| 4 | Eswatini | 84.00 | 2014 |
| 5 | Namibia | 71.60 | 2013 |
| 6 | Zambia | 66.80 | 2018 |
| 7 | Malawi | 64.70 | 2016 |
| 8 | Guinea | 54.90 | 2018 |
| 9 | Liberia | 54.10 | 2020 |
| 10 | Kenya | 53.80 | 2014 |
| 11 | South Africa | 51.40 | 2016 |
| 12 | São Tomé and Principe | 49.10 | 2014 |
| 13 | Ghana | 47.80 | 2018 |
| 14 | Uganda | 46.70 | 2016 |
| 15 | Mozambique | 45.90 | 2015 |
| 16 | Tanzania | 44.80 | 2016 |
| 17 | The Gambia | 44.30 | 2020 |
| 18 | Eritrea | 43.40 | 2010 |
| 19 | Botswana | 42.90 | 2007 |
| 20 | Angola | 42.60 | 2016 |
| 21 | Niger | 40.80 | 2015 |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.40 | 2011 |
| 22 | Libya | 40.40 | 1995 |
| 24 | Nigeria | 40.00 | 2018 |
| 25 | Lesotho | 39.70 | 2018 |
| 26 | Tunisia | 39.60 | 2018 |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 39.50 | 2015 |
| 28 | Comoros | 37.50 | 2012 |
| 29 | Burundi | 35.60 | 2017 |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.10 | 2014 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 32.80 | 2019 |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 29.50 | 2016 |
| 33 | Egypt | 28.40 | 2014 |
| 34 | Rwanda | 27.50 | 2015 |
| 35 | Congo | 26.90 | 2015 |
| 36 | Gabon | 26.10 | 2012 |
| 37 | Senegal | 26.00 | 2019 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 25.40 | 2015 |
| 39 | Algeria | 25.30 | 2013 |
| 40 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 24.10 | 2018 |
| 41 | Benin | 22.20 | 2018 |
| 42 | Morocco | 22.10 | 2011 |
| 43 | Mali | 21.40 | 2018 |
| 44 | Chad | 20.40 | 2015 |
| 45 | Sudan | 19.60 | 2014 |
| 46 | Madagascar | 18.70 | 2018 |
| 47 | Cameroon | 17.90 | 2018 |
| 48 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.50 | 2016 |
| 49 | Central African Republic | 15.60 | 2010 |
| 50 | Togo | 13.60 | 2017 |
| 51 | Somalia | 13.20 | 2006 |
| 52 | Mauritius | 7.00 | 1989 |
| 53 | Cabo Verde | 5.00 | 1989 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
