Table 2.
Rates of infant and young child feeding indicators in 2000 and 2019, by country income groups and world regions
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Any breastfeeding at age 6 months (95% CI) |
Any breastfeeding at age 1 year (95% CI) |
Exclusive breastfeeding at age <6 months (95% CI) |
Formula consumption at age <6 months (95% CI) |
Formula consumption at age 6–23 months (95% CI) |
Animal milk consumption at age <6 months (95% CI) |
Animal milk consumption at age 6–23 months (95% CI) |
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| 2000 | 2019 | 2000 | 2019 | 2000 | 2019 | 2000 | 2019 | 2000 | 2019 | 2000 | 2019 | 2000 | 2019 | ||
| All countries (n=83–110) | 87·7% (79·8–95·7) | 88·7% (84·2–93·1) | 80·9% (71·4–90·8) | 81·1% (74·3–87·4) | 35·4% (27·4–43·3) | 48·6% (41·9–55·2) | 10·5% (5·7–15·4) | 11·6% (5·7–17·5) | 12·9% (9·3–16·5) | 13·3% (8·3–18·4) | 17·5 (13·6–21·5) | 9·8% (6·1–13·5) | 36·3% (26·2–46·4) | 33·0 (25·1–40·9) | |
| Country income group | |||||||||||||||
| High income (n=14–21) | 30·7% (25·2–36·2) | 55·1% (46·9–63·4) | 21·3% (8·5–34·2) | 42·9% (30·9–54·9) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Upper-middle income (n=24–27) | 67·0% (58·7–75·3) | 78·3% (68·2–88·4) | 49·1% (43·1–55·1) | 59·0% (51·4–66·7) | 16·8% (0·9–34·4) | 37·0% (30·3–43·7) | 25·3% (18·9–31·7) | 36·0% (30·5–41·5) | 20·9% (9·9–31·9) | 39·1% (31·5–46·6) | 24·8% (18·0–31·6) | 7·6% (3·1–12·1) | 63·7% (54·3–73·1) | 37·2% (28·9–45·6) | |
| Lower-middle income (n=30–32) | 90·9% (84·6–97·2) | 90·8% (86·0–95·6) | 84·0% (75·2–92·9) | 82·1% (74·8–89·5) | 35·4% (24·3–46·5) | 46·7% (36·9–56·5) | 13·8% (5·6–22·0) | 12·8% (4·2–21·5) | 14·4% (9·0–19·9) | 15·0% (8·0–22·0) | 19·9% (15·4–24·4) | 9·9% (4·8–14·9) | 40·7% (32·4–48·9) | 34·0% (23·2–44·8) | |
| Low income (n=29–30) | 97·1% (96·2–98·0) | 95·8% (94·7–96·8) | 91·7% (89·9–93·5) | 89·2% (87·0–91·4) | 36·8% (28·1–45·5) | 51·2% (44·3–58·1) | 7·7% (5·0–10·4) | 5·2% (2·5–7·8) | 11·2% (8·3–14·1) | 5·1% (2·3–7·8) | 16·8% (11·3–22·2) | 12·6% (7·9–17·4) | 33·6% (19·1–48·1) | 35·1% (24·3–45·9) | |
| World region | |||||||||||||||
| West and central Africa (n=21–22) | 97·2% (95·8–98·6) | 96·6% (96·1–97·1) | 92·7% (89·2–96·2) | 91·2% (89·0–93·2) | 16·6% (10·6–22·6) | 35·0% (22·3–47·7) | 9·1% (6·3–11·9) | 6·4% (4·9–7·9) | 9·5% (7·9–11·1) | 6·8% (5·2–8·4) | 8·8% (6·3–11·3) | 5·5% (3·7–7·4) | 14·7% (11·6–17·9) | 18·8% (13·6–24·1) | |
| Eastern and southern Africa (n=16) | 96·4% (92·2–99·8) | 94·1% (88·5–99·8) | 93·2% (88·2–98·1) | 89·6% (82·2–97·1) | 39·2% (28·0–50·4) | 60·8% (54·5–67·1) | 7·6% (0·3–15·9) | 3·8% (1·0–8·7) | 8·1% (2·0–14·2) | 4·2% (0·1–10·4) | 14·4% (7·4–21·3) | 5·7% (2·7–8·7) | 24·8% (15·6–34·0) | 18·2% (13·9–22·6) | |
| Middle East and north Africa (n=4–6) | 87·0% (79·3–94·7) | 78·1% (61·1–95·1) | 76·6% (64·4–88·8) | 71·1% (49·7–92·5) | 42·9% (25·2–60·6) | 30·2% (20·4–39·9) | 14·4% (1·3–27·5) | 26·7% (3·8–49·6) | 16·0% (5·1–26·8) | 18·3% (0·0–46·9) | 13·6% (12·5–14·8) | 7·1% (0·3–14·5) | 48·4% (44·1–52·7) | 30·3% (18·0–42·6) | |
| Eastern Europe and central Asia (n=16) | 77·1% (68·9–85·3) | 90·7% (86·2–95·3) | 57·2% (46·0–68·3) | 71·3% (61·5–81·1) | 14·7% (11·5–18·0) | 37·6% (32·8–42·4) | 20·9% (16·3–25·4) | 27·9% (20·1–35·8) | 18·7% (10·9–26·5) | 29·5% (21·0–37·9) | 23·4% (17·6–29·3) | 7·0% (2·1–12·0) | 55·9% (40·9–70·9) | 58·1% (44·9–71·3) | |
| South Asia (n=6) | 96·6% (95·1–98·5) | 93·6% (90·4–96·8) | 90·8% (87·3–94·7) | 87·3% (81·8–92·9) | 44·9% (41·1–48·7) | 54·7% (50·1–59·3) | 5·9% (2·4–9·5) | 5·7% (1·9–9·5) | 12·3% (9·6–14·9) | 7·7% (4·5–11·0) | 23·5% (17·7–29·2) | 15·5% (11·0–19·9) | 48·9% (42·3–55·6) | 42·8% (39·8–45·8) | |
| East Asia and Pacific (n=8–10) | 83·2% (69·3–97·1) | 79·3% (71·1–87·5) | 75·6% (59·1–92·1) | 68·7% (59·4–77·3) | 31·8% (21·8–41·8) | 40·0% (31·1–49·0) | 22·9% (14·1–31·6) | 38·3% (28·2–48·5) | 25·9% (17·6–34·3) | 45·4% (34·8–56·0) | 12·7% (5·5–19·8) | 2·0% (0·4–8·6) | 26·0% (14·5–37·4) | 26·7% (0·9–54·3) | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean (n=12–19) | 74·8% (65·7–83·9) | 80·6% (72·2–89·0) | 57·4% (44·0–70·8) | 64·5% (51·8–77·2) | 37·3% (23·9–50·8) | 51·7% (41·5–62·0) | 24·7% (12·8–36·7) | 29·2% (24·4–34·1) | 14·1% (3·2–25·1) | 30·8% (16·1–45·5) | 17·4% (9·5–25·2) | 9·7% (0·4–23·2) | 42·6% (34·2–51·0) | 39·8% (23·2–56·5) | |
| North America* (n=1) | 35·3% (34·4–36·3) | 61·4% (59·9–62·9) | 15·8% (14·5–17·0) | 38·3% (36·2–40·4) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Western Europe (n=7–14) | 29·5% (19·3–39·6) | 44·5% (38·9–50·0) | 15·8% (2·0–29·7) | 28·5% (13·0–44·0) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
n denotes range of countries. Countries grouped by UNICEF world regions and by World Bank income classification for 2010 as the median year of analysis. NA=not available.
*
Data available only for the USA.