Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate (% of children ages 6-59 months) - Country Ranking - Africa
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 | Tanzania | 99.00 | 2018 |
| 1 | Zambia | 99.00 | 2018 |
| 5 | Madagascar | 96.00 | 2018 |
| 6 | Mali | 93.00 | 2018 |
| 7 | Rwanda | 92.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Burundi | 89.00 | 2018 |
| 8 | Togo | 89.00 | 2018 |
| 10 | Botswana | 86.00 | 2018 |
| 11 | Mauritania | 85.00 | 2018 |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.00 | 2018 |
| 13 | Guinea | 82.00 | 2018 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 80.00 | 2018 |
| 15 | Djibouti | 78.00 | 2016 |
| 15 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 78.00 | 2018 |
| 17 | Malawi | 75.00 | 2018 |
| 18 | Chad | 70.00 | 2018 |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 69.00 | 2018 |
| 20 | Egypt | 68.00 | 2008 |
| 21 | Niger | 64.00 | 2018 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 64.00 | 2018 |
| 23 | Liberia | 62.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Kenya | 59.00 | 2018 |
| 25 | Senegal | 57.00 | 2018 |
| 26 | South Africa | 50.00 | 2018 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 48.00 | 2018 |
| 28 | Cameroon | 47.00 | 2018 |
| 29 | Ghana | 45.00 | 2018 |
| 30 | Namibia | 44.00 | 2018 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 40.00 | 2018 |
| 32 | Eritrea | 36.00 | 2018 |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 35.00 | 2018 |
| 34 | Sudan | 34.00 | 2018 |
| 35 | Uganda | 33.00 | 2018 |
| 36 | Somalia | 32.00 | 2018 |
| 36 | São Tomé and Principe | 32.00 | 2018 |
| 38 | Eswatini | 30.00 | 2018 |
| 38 | The Gambia | 30.00 | 2018 |
| 40 | Lesotho | 18.00 | 2017 |
| 41 | Comoros | 11.00 | 2018 |
| 42 | Congo | 8.00 | 2018 |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.00 | 2018 |
| 44 | Angola | 4.00 | 2018 |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 45 | Gabon | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 45 | Benin | 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
