Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) - Country Ranking
Definition: Vitamin A supplementation refers to the percentage of children ages 6-59 months old who received at least two doses of vitamin A in the previous year.
Source: United Nations Children's Fund, State of the World's Children.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 99.00 | 2018 |
| 1 | Morocco | 99.00 | 2017 |
| 1 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 99.00 | 2018 |
| 1 | Tanzania | 99.00 | 2018 |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 99.00 | 2017 |
| 1 | Zambia | 99.00 | 2018 |
| 1 | Vietnam | 99.00 | 2017 |
| 8 | Kyrgyz Republic | 97.00 | 2010 |
| 9 | Oman | 96.00 | 2013 |
| 9 | Madagascar | 96.00 | 2018 |
| 11 | North Macedonia | 95.00 | 2003 |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 93.00 | 2017 |
| 12 | Mali | 93.00 | 2018 |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 93.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Pakistan | 92.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Rwanda | 92.00 | 2018 |
| 17 | Togo | 89.00 | 2018 |
| 17 | Burundi | 89.00 | 2018 |
| 19 | Botswana | 86.00 | 2018 |
| 20 | Mauritania | 85.00 | 2018 |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.00 | 2018 |
| 22 | Myanmar | 83.00 | 2018 |
| 22 | Mongolia | 83.00 | 2017 |
| 24 | Guinea | 82.00 | 2018 |
| 25 | El Salvador | 81.00 | 2012 |
| 26 | Nigeria | 80.00 | 2018 |
| 27 | Djibouti | 78.00 | 2016 |
| 27 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 78.00 | 2018 |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 76.00 | 2018 |
| 29 | Nepal | 76.00 | 2018 |
| 31 | Malawi | 75.00 | 2018 |
| 32 | Cambodia | 73.00 | 2017 |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 73.00 | 2018 |
| 34 | Chad | 70.00 | 2018 |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 69.00 | 2018 |
| 36 | Philippines | 68.00 | 2016 |
| 36 | Egypt | 68.00 | 2008 |
| 38 | Niger | 64.00 | 2018 |
| 38 | Mozambique | 64.00 | 2018 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 62.00 | 2017 |
| 40 | Liberia | 62.00 | 2018 |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 60.00 | 2004 |
| 43 | Kenya | 59.00 | 2018 |
| 44 | Lao PDR | 57.00 | 2017 |
| 44 | Senegal | 57.00 | 2018 |
| 46 | India | 56.00 | 2018 |
| 47 | Bolivia | 54.00 | 2018 |
| 48 | Ecuador | 50.00 | 2002 |
| 48 | South Africa | 50.00 | 2018 |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 48.00 | 2018 |
| 51 | Cameroon | 47.00 | 2018 |
| 52 | Bhutan | 45.00 | 2013 |
| 52 | Ghana | 45.00 | 2018 |
| 54 | Namibia | 44.00 | 2018 |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 41.00 | 2017 |
| 56 | Honduras | 40.00 | 2005 |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 40.00 | 2003 |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 40.00 | 2018 |
| 59 | Kiribati | 37.00 | 2017 |
| 60 | Eritrea | 36.00 | 2018 |
| 61 | Central African Republic | 35.00 | 2018 |
| 62 | Sudan | 34.00 | 2018 |
| 63 | Uganda | 33.00 | 2018 |
| 63 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.00 | 2010 |
| 65 | Somalia | 32.00 | 2018 |
| 65 | São Tomé and Principe | 32.00 | 2018 |
| 67 | Eswatini | 30.00 | 2018 |
| 67 | The Gambia | 30.00 | 2018 |
| 69 | Guatemala | 26.00 | 2017 |
| 70 | Haiti | 21.00 | 2018 |
| 71 | Brazil | 20.00 | 1999 |
| 72 | Lesotho | 18.00 | 2017 |
| 73 | Yemen | 13.00 | 2018 |
| 74 | Comoros | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 75 | Congo | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 77 | Peru | 6.00 | 2002 |
| 78 | Panama | 4.00 | 2005 |
| 78 | Angola | 4.00 | 2018 |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 3.00 | 2015 |
| 81 | Iraq | 0.84 | 2006 |
| 82 | Palau | 0.00 | 2013 |
| 82 | Benin | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 82 | Gabon | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 0.00 | 2018 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Vitamin A is essential for optimal functioning of the immune system. Vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness, also causes a greater risk of dying from a range of childhood ailments such as measles, malaria, and diarrhea. In low- and middle-inco
