Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Egypt
Egypt: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts was 28.4% in 2014. ▼ Falling
Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Egypt, 1986–2014
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
Egypt recorded 28.4% for share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in 2014.
That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Egypt peaked at 83.0% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 28.2%, in 2003.
That places Egypt 73rd out of 96 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 75.7% | 61.0% | 83.0% | 3 |
| 1990s | 34.6% | 28.9% | 40.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 30.9% | 28.2% | 33.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 28.4% | 28.4% | 28.4% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Egypt?
- Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts in Egypt was 28.4% in 2014, 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 1987.
- What is the lowest share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.2% in 2003.
- How does Egypt rank for share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts?
- Egypt ranks 73rd out of 96 countries with data for 2014.
- Is share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.