Table 2.

Global and regional estimates of infant and young child feeding practices during the complementary feeding period by background characteristics

Indicator	Globala, d	West and Central Africa	Eastern and southern Africa	South Asia	East Asia and the Pacificb	Latin America and the Caribbeanc	CEE/CISd	Middle East and North Africa
Continued breastfeeding (12–23 months)	68.3 [66.0, 70.5]	71.0 [68.4, 73.5]	76.5 [73.9, 79.1]	77.8 [76.3, 79.3]	56.7 [53.8, 59.5]	37.3 [34.5, 40.2]	42.9 [38.4, 47.3]	49.6 [47.3, 51.8]
Urban	58.0 [54.1, 62.0]	58.6 [54.3, 62.9]	67.4 [61.5, 73.2]	72.0 [69.0, 74.9]	52.4 [48.3, 56.4]	33.5 [29.8, 37.2]	44.3 [37.3,51.3]	43.6 [40.2,46.9]
Rural	74.2 [71.7, 76.8]	77.5 [74.8, 80.2]	79.1 [76.2, 81.9]	80.3 [78.6, 82.1]	59.8 [56.0, 63.7]	45.9 [41.9, 50.5]	43.3 [36.5, 50.1]	55.0 [52.1, 57.9]
Poorest	76.2 [72.4, 80.1]	82.7 [79.2, 86.3]	82.0 [77.6, 86.3]	84.9 [82.4, 87.3]	66.0 [60.6, 71.4]	49.9 [44.5, 55.3]	44.2 [34.5, 53.9]	54.7 [50.0, 59.3]
Richest	57.9 [52.8, 62.9]	52.5 [47.2, 57.8]	66.8 [60.1, 73.4]	70.8 [67.7, 74.0]	42.1 [35.5, 48.8]	25.4 [17.6, 33.2]	40.1 [32.5, 47.7]	45.0 [39.2, 50.8]
Minimum meal frequency	50.3 [48.1, 52.4]	45.4 [42.9, 47.8]	44.6 [41.8, 47.4]	47.0 [45.3, 48.8]	71.7 [69.5, 73.9]
Urban	54.6 [51.0, 58.2]	44.8 [40.8, 48.8]	49.4 [42.9, 55.8]	51.2 [48.3, 54.0]	74.4 [71.5, 77.3]
Rural	48.0 [45.4, 50.5]	45.6 [42.5, 48.6]	43.2 [40.1, 46.3]	45.3 [43.2, 47.4]	69.9 [66.9, 72.9]
Poorest	46.6 [42.6, 50.7]	45.8 [41.7, 50.0]	38.5 [33.7, 43.2]	43.2 [39.6, 46.7]	64.1 [59.7, 68.5]
Richest	56.3 [52.0, 60.6]	45.2 [39.7, 50.6]	53.6 [47.1, 60.2]	54.4 [51.5, 57.4]	79.1 [75.0, 83.1]
6–11 months	46.3 [43.2, 49.5]	44.2 [40.9, 47.5]	44.5 [40.1, 48.8]	39.5 [37.0, 42.0]	72.4 [68.8, 76.1]
12–17 months	50.7 [47.5, 53.9]	47.0 [43.4, 50.5]	43.1 [38.7, 47.5]	47.8 [45.3, 50.3]	70.1 [66.6, 73.5]
18–23 months	54.3 [50.9, 57.6]	44.5 [40.6, 48.4]	47.1 [42.8, 51.4]	54.8 [52.1, 57.4]	72.1 [68.7, 75.5]
Minimum diet diversity	28.2 [26.3, 30.1]	19.3 [17.1, 21.5]	23.1 [20.9, 25.3]	22.9 [21.4, 24.4]	61.6 [59.1, 64.1]
Urban	37.5 [34.2, 40.8]	29.2 [25.4, 33.0]	35.0 [30.0, 40.0]	27.8 [25.3, 30.3]	68.3 [65.0, 71.6]
Rural	23.7 [21.6, 25.8]	14.1 [11.8, 16.4]	19.8 [17.5, 22.0]	20.9 [19.2, 22.6]	56.7 [53.4, 60.0]
Poorest	19.1 [16.1, 22.1]	10.2 [7.5, 12.9]	13.6 [10.5, 16.8]	15.6 [13.2, 17.9]	42.0 [37.5, 46.5]
Richest	40.2 [35.9, 44.5]	34.0 [28.8, 39.2]	39.3 [33.8, 44.9]	31.9 [28.8, 35.1]	78.1 [73.4, 82.7]
6–11 months	16.8 [14.5, 19.1]	11.5 [9.3, 13.7]	15.6 [12.8, 18.4]	11.4 [9.8, 13.0]	42.0 [38.0, 46.0]
12–17 months	31.5 [28.7, 34.4]	21.5 [18.4, 24.5]	26.1 [22.4, 29.8]	25.8 [23.7, 28.0]	67.4 [63.6, 71.2]
18–23 months	37.6 [34.4, 40.8]	26.5 [22.9, 30.2]	28.4 [24.5, 32.3]	32.2 [29.5, 34.9]	76.9 [73.7, 80.2]
Minimum acceptable diet	15.9 [14.4, 17.3]	8.7 [7.4, 10]	11.5 [9.9, 13.1]	13.0 [11.9, 14.1]	40.9 [38.5, 43.3]
Urban	20.6 [18.0, 23.3]	12.0 [9.4, 14.5]	16.9 [13.1, 20.8]	15.6 [13.6, 17.6]	45.9 [42.4, 49.4]
Rural	13.5 [11.9, 15.1]	7.0 [5.5, 8.4]	9.9 [8.3, 11.5]	12.0 [10.7, 13.3]	37.4 [34.2, 40.5]
Poorest	11.0 [8.6, 13.3]	5.6 [3.7, 7.6]	6.7 [4.4, 9.1]	9.1 [7.2, 11.0]	24.9 [21.0, 28.8]
Richest	22.8 [19.1, 26.6]	13.8 [10.0, 17.7]	20.8 [16.0, 25.6]	18.8 [16.2, 21.4]	56.1 [50.8, 61.5]
6–11 months	11.2 [9.3, 13.1]	6.9 [5.3, 8.5]	9.1 [6.9, 11.3]	7.4 [6.1, 8.7]	30.7 [27.2, 34.3]
12–17 months	18.1 [15.7, 20.5]	10.6 [8.5, 12.7]	13.1 [10.4, 15.9]	14.3 [12.5, 16.1]	45.4 [41.3, 49.5]
18–23 months	18.7 [16.2, 21.3]	8.4 [6.3, 10.4]	12.5 [9.6, 15.5]	17.7 [15.6, 19.8]	47.5 [43.3, 51.6]

Source: UNICEF global databases, 2016, based on MICS, DHS, and other nationally representative sources. All estimates where population coverage fell below the 50 per cent threshold have been suppressed.

^aThe aggregates for Global exclude China and Russian Federation as data were unavailable for these two countries and the threshold of 50 per cent for global population coverage for urban areas could only be met when these countries were removed from the analysis.

^bThe aggregates for East Asia and the Pacific region exclude China as data were unavailable and the threshold of 50% population coverage for the region could only be met when China was removed from the analysis.

^cEstimates exclude Brazil as data were unavailable and the threshold of 50% population coverage for the region could only be met when Brazil was removed from the analysis.

^dCEE/CIS refers to Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Estimates exclude Russian Federation as data were unavailable and the threshold of 50% population coverage for the region could only be met when Russian Federation was removed from the analysis.