Guinea-Bissau vs Niger: Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics

Guinea-Bissau
23.7%
in 2018
Niger
29.4%
in 2018
Guinea-Bissau rank
131st
Niger rank
129th

Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Niger
010203040200020092018

How they compare

Niger currently reports 29.4% against 23.7% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 5.7%.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 131st and Niger ranks 129th of 132 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics
Unit
%
Source
Browne AJ et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
132 places, 2,508 data points, 2000–2018
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The caregiver reported share of children under five years old, with symptoms of lower respiratory tract infection, who received antibiotics for this illness.