Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts was 72.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh, 1986–2019
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of children under 5 who received ORS packet.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 72.4% for share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in 2019.
The figure is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh peaked at 83.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 1987.
That places Bangladesh 7th out of 96 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 who received ORS packet | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 51.0% | — |
| 1987 | 26.0% | -49.0% |
| 1989 | 26.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 50.3% | +93.5% |
| 1997 | 47.9% | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 61.3% | +28.0% |
| 2004 | 67.1% | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 64.4% | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 76.6% | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 77.6% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 73.0% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 77.0% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 83.3% | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 72.4% | -13.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 72.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.0%, 1.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 72.4% is above the median for South Asia, which is 60.6%, 1.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +93.5% | 26.0% | 50.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34.3% | 26.0% | 51.0% | 3 |
| 1990s | 49.1% | 47.9% | 50.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 67.3% | 61.3% | 76.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 76.7% | 72.4% | 83.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More reference data data for Bangladesh
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 24.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 24.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 8.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 37.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 105.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 14.25 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh?
- Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh was 72.4% in 2019, according to Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 83.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 1987.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th out of 96 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children under five years old with diarrhea, in the two weeks prior to the survey, who received oral rehydration salts.