Guyana vs Tanzania: Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics

Guyana
35.1%
in 2018
Tanzania
36.9%
in 2018
Guyana rank
118th
Tanzania rank
116th

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

  • Guyana
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 36.9% against 35.1% in Guyana, a difference of 1.8%.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

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

Guyana ranks 118th and Tanzania ranks 116th 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.