TABLE 1.

Weighted mean prevalence of complementary feeding indicators for all children aged 6–23 mo and stratified by sex and age group for 80 countries with available household surveys from 2010–2019, according to the regions of the world¹

		All		Boys		Girls		6–11 mo		12–17 mo		18–23 mo
World region	Countries, n	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
Minimum dietary diversity
Western & Central Africa	21	19.0	16.6, 21.5	19.1	16.7, 21.6	19.0	16.5, 21.4	13.9	11.8, 16.1	22.4	19.3, 25.5	20.9	18.2, 23.5
Eastern & Southern Africa	18	24.0	19.9, 28.1	24.1	20.1, 28.0	24.1	19.8, 28.3	18.4	15.2, 21.6	28.6	24.4, 32.9	25.2	19.9, 30.5
Middle East & North Africa	6	36.2	26.5, 45.9	36.2	25.8, 46.7	36.3	27.4, 45.2	24.0	14.4, 33.5	40.9	30.6, 51.2	46.2	36.5, 55.8
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	10	50.3	36.5, 64.0	50.2	36.3, 64.2	50.5	36.6, 64.4	34.1	20.7, 47.6	59.5	44.4, 74.6	57.8	44.2, 71.3
South Asia	5	20.8	13.8, 27.7	20.5	13.1, 27.9	21.1	14.6, 27.5	11.0	5.8, 16.2	24.0	16.5, 31.4	27.9	19.5, 36.4
East Asia & the Pacific	10	50.6	42.2, 59.0	49.9	42.2, 57.6	51.4	42.1, 60.6	34.4	27.2, 41.6	57.6	48.5, 66.7	59.3	49.5, 69.2
Latin America & Caribbean	10	56.5	48.9, 64.1	53.5	46.1, 61.0	59.3	51.2, 67.4	38.9	33.9, 44.0	64.6	56.5, 72.8	67.2	56.3, 78.2
All regions	80	27.1	23.9, 30.3	26.8	23.7, 29.9	27.5	24.2, 30.8	17.8	15.4, 20.2	31.4	27.9, 34.9	32.6	28.8, 36.3
Minimum meal frequency
Western & Central Africa	21	39.6	36.4, 42.7	39.0	35.8, 42.2	40.1	37.0, 43.3	41.6	38.1, 45.0	38.6	34.9, 42.3	38.4	34.6, 42.2
Eastern & Southern Africa	18	45.1	40.0, 50.3	44.9	39.8, 50.0	45.3	40.1, 50.5	47.6	42.2, 52.9	43.7	38.1, 49.3	44.3	38.3, 50.4
Middle East & North Africa	6	62.9	56.6, 69.3	63.3	56.8, 69.8	62.5	56.2, 68.8	58.3	51.2, 65.3	64.2	57.7, 70.7	67.1	61.7, 72.5
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	10	68.8	56.2, 81.5	68.1	55.7, 80.5	68.7	55.8, 81.7	58.7	46.0, 71.3	71.9	57.7, 86.1	74.7	62.8, 86.6
South Asia	5	43.2	28.1, 58.3	43.7	28.5, 58.9	42.6	27.6, 57.6	36.2	22.7, 49.7	43.8	27.4, 60.2	50.1	34.7, 65.4
East Asia & the Pacific	10	72.5	65.5, 79.5	73.1	66.2, 80.1	71.8	64.7, 79.0	70.4	64.3, 76.6	72.8	65.2, 80.4	74.0	66.4, 81.6
Latin America & Caribbean	10	71.5	63.9, 79.0	71.7	64.3, 79.2	71.2	63.5, 78.9	66.1	60.0, 72.2	72.5	64.4, 80.6	76.2	66.2, 86.2
All regions	80	48.7	45.2, 52.2	48.8	45.3, 52.3	48.5	45.1, 51.9	46.0	42.6, 49.4	48.7	45.0, 52.3	51.7	48.0, 55.4
Minimum acceptable diet
Western & Central Africa	21	9.4	8.3, 10.6	9.0	7.9, 10.1	9.9	8.6, 11.1	7.9	6.6, 9.2	10.6	9.1, 12.2	9.7	8.5, 10.9
Eastern & Southern Africa	18	13.3	10.6, 16.0	13.5	10.6, 16.3	13.1	10.5, 15.7	11.5	9.3, 13.8	14.7	12.0, 17.4	13.7	10.0, 17.5
Middle East & North Africa	6	25.4	17.4, 33.5	25.6	16.9, 34.3	25.2	17.9, 32.6	19.6	11.6, 27.5	29.6	21.7, 37.5	28.1	19.3, 36.8
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	10	37.7	23.2, 52.2	37.2	22.7, 51.6	38.2	23.2, 53.3	27.3	14.1, 40.5	44.2	27.9, 60.5	41.8	26.6, 56.9
South Asia	5	12.1	5.1, 19.2	12.2	5.0, 19.4	12.1	5.1, 19.1	7.1	2.1, 12.1	13.2	5.4, 21.1	16.4	8.0, 24.8
East Asia & the Pacific	10	39.7	31.5, 48.0	39.6	31.7, 47.5	39.9	31.3, 48.5	28.0	20.8, 35.2	44.8	36.3, 53.4	45.8	36.4, 55.3
Latin America & Caribbean	10	43.7	36.4, 50.9	41.4	34.2, 48.5	45.7	38.0, 53.4	30.8	25.5, 36.2	48.9	41.1, 56.8	52.1	42.3, 61.8
All regions	80	17.3	14.4, 20.2	17.1	14.3, 19.9	17.5	14.6, 20.4	12.4	10.2, 14.6	19.3	16.1, 22.6	20.3	16.9, 23.7

¹All estimates were weighted by the size of the population of children aged 6–23 mo, estimates by sex of the child were weighted according to the size of the populations of boys and girls aged 6–23 mo, and estimates by age group were weighted according to the size of the population of children in the respective age range.