Cameroon vs Madagascar: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts

Cameroon

17.9%

in 2018

Madagascar

19.6%

in 2021

Cameroon rank

91st

Madagascar rank

88th

Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts over time

Madagascar currently reports 19.6% against 17.9% in Cameroon, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Madagascar ahead.

Cameroon ranks 91st and Madagascar ranks 88th of 96 countries.

Indicator: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts
Unit: % of children under 5 who received ORS packet
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 96 places, 780 data points, 1985–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children under five years old with diarrhea, in the two weeks prior to the survey, who received oral rehydration salts.