Table 1.
Prevalence of diarrhoea by country in first and most recent survey year
| Country | Year | Prevalence | 95% CI | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin |
1996 |
0.26 |
0.241-0.285 |
2721 |
| 2017 |
0.11 |
0.100-0.115 |
12 154 |
|
| Burkina Faso |
1998 |
0.20 |
0.188-0.221 |
4922 |
| 2010 |
0.15 |
0.141-0.159 |
13 425 |
|
| Cameroon |
1998 |
0.19 |
0.173-0.215 |
2054 |
| 2014 |
0.20 |
0.190-0.217 |
6612 |
|
| Central African Republic |
2000 |
0.26 |
0.249-0.273 |
12 993 |
| 2010 |
0.24 |
0.230-0.253 |
9994 |
|
| Chad |
1996 |
0.22 |
0.203-0.239 |
6135 |
| 2014 |
0.22 |
0.212-0.238 |
16 405 |
|
| Congo |
2005 |
0.14 |
0.126-0.161 |
4158 |
| 2014 |
0.18 |
0.166-0.188 |
8557 |
|
| Congo Democratic Republic |
2001 |
0.22 |
0.209-0.238 |
9838 |
| 2013 |
0.17 |
0.159-0.185 |
16 535 |
|
| Cote d‘Ivoire |
1998 |
0.23 |
0.195-0.261 |
1605 |
| 2016 |
0.16 |
0.145-0.167 |
8463 |
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
2000 |
0.24 |
0.217-0.258 |
2087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gabon |
2000 |
0.17 |
0.159-0.190 |
3655 |
| 2012 |
0.17 |
0.157-0.189 |
5145 |
|
| Gambia |
2000 |
0.22 |
0.199-0.233 |
3357 |
| 2013 |
0.18 |
0.160-0.198 |
7461 |
|
| Ghana |
1998 |
0.18 |
0.168-0.201 |
2927 |
| 2014 |
0.12 |
0.107-0.134 |
5406 |
|
| Guinea |
1999 |
0.22 |
0.205-0.232 |
4814 |
| 2016 |
0.10 |
0.092-0.116 |
6823 |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
2006 |
0.13 |
0.117-0.141 |
5061 |
| 2014 |
0.12 |
0.108-0.136 |
7053 |
|
| Liberia |
2006 |
0.22 |
0.195-0.236 |
4740 |
| 2013 |
0.23 |
0.214-0.250 |
6462 |
|
| Mali |
1995 |
0.26 |
0.241-0.273 |
5123 |
| 2015 |
0.15 |
0.138-0.159 |
15 233 |
|
| Mauritania |
2007 |
0.22 |
0.207-0.231 |
8064 |
| 2015 |
0.20 |
0.182-0.210 |
9944 |
|
| Niger |
1998 |
0.39 |
0.365-0.407 |
4145 |
| 2012 |
0.14 |
0.135-0.154 |
11 256 |
|
| Nigeria |
1999 |
0.16 |
0.144-0.173 |
3078 |
| 2013 |
0.11 |
0.099-0.112 |
27 538 |
|
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
2000 |
0.19 |
0.170-0.211 |
1795 |
| 2014 |
0.18 |
0.159-0.206 |
1905 |
|
| Senegal |
1997 |
0.16 |
0.145-0.168 |
6372 |
| 2017 |
0.18 |
0.172-0.194 |
11 004 |
|
| Sierra Leone |
2000 |
0.26 |
0.242-0.281 |
2279 |
| 2017 |
0.08 |
0.072-0.086 |
10 612 |
|
| Togo | 1998 |
0.31 |
0.292-0.334 |
3836 |
| 2013 | 0.15 | 0.137-0.171 | 6358 |
CI – confidence interval