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. 2021 Apr 13;151(7):1956–1964. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab088

TABLE 2.

Weighted mean prevalence of each complementary feeding indicator by wealth deciles and the SII for 80 countries with available household surveys from 2010–2019, according to world regions1

World region Countries, n Poorest D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 Wealthiest SII 95% CI
Minimum dietary diversity
 Western & Central Africa 21 12.7 14.1 14.0 15.4 14.9 18.0 21.4 22.8 29.2 34.8 22.5 17.0, 27.9
 Eastern & Southern Africa 18 14.2 16.4 17.6 19.9 21.5 24.2 26.4 29.7 36.5 45.1 30.2 24.3, 36.1
 Middle East & North Africa 6 32.5 36.8 32.1 34.4 36.4 35.0 36.7 38.6 40.0 43.3 9.6 5.2, 13.9
 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 10 41.7 44.0 48.7 47.8 52.6 53.1 51.2 54.9 58.5 52.6 14.6 8.2, 21.0
 South Asia 5 13.9 16.2 17.7 19.0 20.0 21.9 23.8 25.1 25.8 27.7 14.8 13.3, 16.3
 East Asia & the Pacific 10 30.7 44.1 45.0 47.6 48.9 55.0 53.3 56.8 61.8 64.2 30.4 22.6, 38.2
 Latin America & Caribbean 10 46.2 57.5 49.9 60.6 53.8 59.7 60.8 57.6 58.4 72.6 17.4 5.4, 29.4
Minimum meal frequency
 Western & Central Africa 21 37.4 38.2 38.6 39.0 40.0 37.5 38.9 40.0 42.3 45.6 6.5 2.9, 10.1
 Eastern & Southern Africa 18 38.8 40.6 41.5 42.5 44.3 48.0 43.9 49.2 52.9 56.2 17.4 13.8, 21.0
 Middle East & North Africa 6 57.1 59.0 59.0 59.9 62.4 64.1 63.7 63.1 69.6 74.1 15.7 10.2, 21.3
 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 10 66.9 62.3 67.7 67.6 68.7 70.5 71.1 72.5 72.2 71.6 8.9 4.6, 13.2
 South Asia 5 36.8 39.4 41.3 40.8 43.3 43.2 44.9 46.4 49.0 51.2 14.2 12.3, 16.1
 East Asia & the Pacific 10 67.0 67.1 66.7 73.1 72.0 74.3 74.2 72.1 78.8 79.3 13.6 10.0, 17.3
 Latin America & Caribbean 10 62.0 66.7 64.6 71.7 73.1 77.8 72.7 82.0 78.7 79.9 20.5 16.1, 24.9
Minimum acceptable diet
 Western & Central Africa 21 6.4 7.5 7.1 7.8 7.0 8.3 10.3 11.1 14.0 17.7 10.8 7.3, 14.3
 Eastern & Southern Africa 18 7.0 8.5 9.5 11.4 11.9 13.6 13.6 15.9 21.0 27.6 19.2 14.4, 23.9
 Middle East & North Africa 6 20.4 26.1 22.0 24.8 25.3 24.5 24.6 27.8 29.1 33.8 10.2 5.0, 15.4
 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 10 30.5 29.3 34.8 37.2 41.0 38.2 40.8 43.0 41.8 42.8 15.0 10.7, 19.2
 South Asia 5 7.9 8.8 10.4 10.4 11.7 13.0 12.8 14.5 16.2 17.5 10.1 9.4, 10.9
 East Asia & the Pacific 10 23.5 32.1 32.4 36.6 37.9 44.2 42.7 43.6 51.3 53.6 29.1 24.1, 34.2
 Latin America & Caribbean 10 33.1 41.7 37.7 43.6 41.5 48.6 47.1 48.9 51.2 59.0 22.5 16.0, 28.9

1All estimates were weighted by the size of the population of children aged 6–23 mo. D, decile; SII, slope index of inequality.