Table 2.

Pooled prevalence of intestinal parasite among People in Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 67).

Variable	Characteristic	Number of studies	Sample size	No. of positives	Prevalence (95% CI)	I-squared, p-value
Region	Oromia	15 (22.4%)	6163	2611	38.45% (27.04, 49.86)	99%, p ≤ 0.001
	SNNP	13 (19.4%)	20283	4971	35.58 (25.80, 45.37)	99.4%, p ≤ 0.001
	Addis Ababa	3 (4.5%)	5504	833	34.45 (−10.99, 79.90)	99.9%, p ≤ 0.001
	Amhara	27 (41.2%)	45627	15195	33.84 (25.85, 41.83)	99.7%, p ≤ 0.001
	Harare	1 (1.5%)	340	91	26.80 (21.95, 31.65)	I2 = , p =
	Tigray	7 (10.4%)	23953	1803	20.38 (8.95, 31.82)	98.7%, p ≤ 0.001
	Benishangul-Gumuz	1 (1.5%)	395	50	12.7 (9.5, 16.4)	I2 = , p =
Sample size	≤300	12	2729	671	24.57 (11.64, 37.49)	99%, p ≤ 0.001
	>300	55	99536	25043	35.27 (30.34, 40.20)	99.6%, p ≤ 0.001
Pooled prevalence among nature or study participants	School children	28	28228	11969	36.33(28.51, 44.15)	99.4%, p ≤ 0.001
	Patient	13	59638	7780	17.96 (14.07, 21.86)	99%, p ≤ 0.001
	Food handlers	7	2075	516	25.14 (9.16, 41.11)	99.2%, p ≤ 0.001
	Under five children	6	2218	848	37.83 (26.19, 49.47)	97%, p ≤ 0.001
	Pregnant women	6	2422	1032	35.89 (15.66, 56.12)	99.2%, p ≤ 0.001
	Rural dwellers	4	6726	3031	51.76 (38.14, 65.37)	98.9%, p ≤ 0.001
	Urban dwellers	3	958	538	53.45 (-2.28, 109.19)	99.8%, p ≤ 0.001
Pooled prevalence in years (trends)	2010-2014	19	12354	4681	44.64 (34.39, 54.89)	99.3%, p ≤ 0.001
	2015-2019	48	89911	21033	29.08 (24.12, 34.04)	99.6%, p ≤ 0.001