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. 2020 Dec 3;8:587046. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.587046

Table 1.

Estimated number of beneficiaries of school feeding programs in 14 countries, along with illustrative country-specific indicators (gross national income (GNI) per capita, under-five mortality rate).

Country Reported number of schoolchildren fed per year GNI per capita (2018 USD) Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)
Botswana 333,000 7,985 37
Brazil 42,433,000 8,785 14
Cape Verde 85,000 3,550 20
Chile 1,850,000 15,270 7
Côte d'Ivoire 265,000 1,639 81
Ecuador 1,788,000 6,174 14
Ghana 1,739,000 2,159 48
India 113,600,000 1,990 37
Kenya 826,000 1,696 41
Mali 109,000 876 98
Mexico 6,100,000 9425 13
Namibia 300,000 5,810 40
Nigeria 9,301,000 1,935 120
South Africa 8,850,000 6,173 34

Sources: Global School Feeding Sourcebook (2016) (15); World Bank (data pertain to the latest year for which data was available−2018) (17). Office of the Vice President of Nigeria (18).