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

Cameroon
17.9%
in 2018
Sudan
19.6%
in 2014
Cameroon rank
91st
Sudan rank
88th

Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts over time

  • Cameroon
  • Sudan
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How they compare

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

That makes Sudan'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 Sudan ahead.

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

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About this data

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

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