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TABLE 3.

Exclusive breastfeeding rates available from high‐income countries (n = 40)

Country/territories	Year	Exclusive breastfeeding
Country/territories	Year	1 week	2 weeks	1 month	2 months	3 months	0–3 months	4 months	5 months	0–5 months	6 months
Region of the Americas
Aruba	2010			21	13	12		11	10		9
Bahamas	2001										7
Canada	2018										37
Chile	2016										57
Puerto Rico	2015					48					27
United States	2016					48					25
Uruguay	2011			89	77	72		66	49	65	36
Virgin Islands	2015					32					20
Western Pacific Region
Australia	2018				71			58			29
Brunei Darussalam	2009			68	51	40		33	27		0.1
Guam	2016					47					26
Korea, Republic	2018	16	37	37	35	31		26	15		2
New Zealand	2017		78
Palau	2018										52
Singapore	2011			35	28						0.8
European Region
Austria	2006					60					10
Croatia, Republic	2016				68 ^c				62 ^h
Czech Republic	2017			33 ^a		21
Estonia	2019			78		65					23
Finland	2019			58	54	53		50	26	60	9
Greece	2017	51		40				25			0.8
Iceland	2008	85		76 ^a		69			38		9
Israel	2012				58						20
Italy	2013			49		44 ^f			39 ⁱ	43
Latvia	2019			45 ^b			34			19
Lithuania	2018					53					37
Luxembourg	2015							33			3
Netherlands	2015	64	59	57	53	47		45	42		39
Northern Ireland	2017			22 ^a		19					14
Norway	2019	87	85	81	74	68		39	13		2
Poland	2015				44			29			4
Portugal	2014					56		49
Scotland	2018				32 ^d
Spain	2017			74 ^a		64					39
Sweden	2017	75			62			50			13
Switzerland	2014				71 ^e			62 ^g			26 ^j
Wales	2018			25 ^a							16
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Kuwait	2017						10			8
Oman	2017									23
Saudi Arabia	2018									48
Total of indicators	6	4	17	15	20	2	14	10	7	30
Median	70	69	49	54	48	22	42	33	43	18
Min–Max	16–87	37–85	21–89	13–77	12–72	10–34	11–66	10–62	8–65	0.1–57

^{^a}

6 weeks.

^{^b}

<6 weeks.

^{^c}

0–2 months.

^{^d}

6–8 weeks.

^{^e}

1–2 months.

^{^f}

2–3 months.

^{^g}

3–4 months.

^{^h}

3–5 months.

^ⁱ

4–5 months.

^{^j}

5–6 months.