Table 3.
Distribution of anemia among under 5 children in African countries; using DHS 2002–2020
| Country | Sex (%) | Residence (%) | Mother’s education (%) | Wealth quintile (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Urban | Rural | No education or primary | Secondary or higher | Lowest | Second | Middle | Fourth | Highest | |
| Angola | 66.2 | 63.2 | 64.5 | 65.2 | 66.7 | 61.9 | 65.5 | 63.1 | 66.8 | 64.8 | 62.3 |
| Benin | 72.0 | 71.0 | 66.1 | 74.8 | 73.2 | 66.0 | 79.3 | 74.5 | 76.5 | 68.0 | 57.9 |
| Burkina Faso | 88.6 | 87.0 | 77.6 | 89.9 | 88.7 | 72.2 | 89.1 | 91.0 | 91.5 | 87.9 | 76.0 |
| Burundi | 62.7 | 59.3 | 47.9 | 62.3 | 62.6 | 45.7 | 70.7 | 67.8 | 60.5 | 55.5 | 46.9 |
| Cameroon | 59.2 | 55.5 | 50.2 | 63.0 | 62.7 | 51.5 | 65.5 | 62.4 | 57.9 | 51.2 | 44.0 |
| Congo | 66.1 | 67.3 | 67.9 | 65.1 | 69.2 | 65.6 | 65.7 | 73.7 | 69.5 | 66.2 | 54.4 |
| Congo Democratic Republic | 61.2 | 58.4 | 58.8 | 60.3 | 60.1 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 60.2 | 61.3 | 55.8 | 53.4 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 74.9 | 74.7 | 67.2 | 79.3 | 76.8 | 66.1 | 80.2 | 81.1 | 75.9 | 68.4 | 62.2 |
| Egypt | 27.2 | 27.3 | 23.1 | 29.2 | 28.0 | 27.1 | 34.0 | 32.9 | 23.8 | 25.3 | 21.3 |
| Eswatini | 43.5 | 40.1 | 50.0 | 40.4 | 43.7 | 44.8 | 43.4 | 38.7 | 44.0 | 43.2 | 39.4 |
| Gabon | 61.0 | 59.4 | 59.4 | 64.6 | 65.0 | 59.1 | 64.7 | 63.2 | 59.0 | 58.5 | 53.4 |
| Gambia | 47.0 | 42.3 | 37.1 | 59.5 | 49.9 | 37.7 | 63.6 | 45.3 | 40.2 | 41.0 | 29.9 |
| Ghana | 65.5 | 66.0 | 58.3 | 72.0 | 75.3 | 58.7 | 79.4 | 74.9 | 63.8 | 58.3 | 47.2 |
| Guinea | 75.4 | 73.8 | 71.0 | 76.1 | 75.6 | 72.7 | 73.0 | 81.2 | 73.1 | 74.3 | 69.8 |
| Lesotho | 52.8 | 48.9 | 48.3 | 51.6 | 51.4 | 56.8 | 53.9 | 54.8 | 50.8 | 47.1 | 45.0 |
| Liberia | 70.8 | 70.8 | 70.1 | 71.5 | 71.1 | 70.9 | 70.3 | 71.8 | 76.5 | 69.8 | 63.3 |
| Madagascar | 51.7 | 48.9 | 47.6 | 50.6 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 57.1 | 51.9 | 49.3 | 47.2 | 40.1 |
| Malawi | 62.9 | 62.3 | 56.1 | 63.5 | 64.3 | 58.2 | 68.2 | 65.8 | 59.9 | 61.1 | 54.2 |
| Mali | 82.4 | 81.3 | 75.1 | 83.6 | 84.0 | 72.4 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 84.9 | 79.5 | 70.9 |
| Mozambique | 69.0 | 68.3 | 59.7 | 72.0 | 71.2 | 54.2 | 77.8 | 76.3 | 68.3 | 62.7 | 51.5 |
| Namibia | 49.6 | 45.4 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 50.6 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 50.6 | 48.4 | 44.6 | 40.8 |
| Niger | 74.5 | 72.3 | 69.8 | 73.9 | 73.9 | 68.0 | 76.3 | 70.4 | 75.9 | 74.3 | 69.1 |
| Nigeria | 69.5 | 66.2 | 62.0 | 72.5 | 73.8 | 61.1 | 80.1 | 75.0 | 66.5 | 65.3 | 53.3 |
| Rwanda | 38.0 | 35.1 | 34.0 | 37.1 | 37.2 | 35.4 | 41.8 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 35.2 | 30.4 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 64.8 | 59.6 | 66.2 | 58.5 | 64.5 | 62.1 | 65.6 | 65.7 | 62.9 | 57.9 | 57.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 71.1 | 64.5 | 57.0 | 73.3 | 71.8 | 61.5 | 73.0 | 74.8 | 70.3 | 62.7 | 50.9 |
| South Africa | 63.9 | 58.7 | 62.2 | 60.4 | 60.8 | 62.5 | 63.6 | 62.2 | 59.6 | 60.3 | 57.6 |
| Tanzania | 59.5 | 56.0 | 53.5 | 59.2 | 59.3 | 55.2 | 63.7 | 60.1 | 58.4 | 52.6 | 50.1 |
| Togo | 70.9 | 63.3 | 63.5 | 73.4 | 73.4 | 61.6 | 71.8 | 76.0 | 73.6 | 67.4 | 59.4 |
| Uganda | 53.7 | 51.8 | 47.7 | 54.0 | 55.5 | 49.3 | 65.6 | 54.4 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 44.8 |
| Zambia | 59.7 | 56.6 | 58.1 | 58.2 | 58.8 | 59.5 | 61.0 | 57.4 | 57.8 | 56.8 | 56.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 37.6 | 35.9 | 37.5 | 36.5 | 38.9 | 37.9 | 39.9 | 32.4 | 36.4 | 35.0 | 0.4 |