Share of children with diarrhea receiving treatment by country

Countries reporting
43
Highest
71
Mongolia
Lowest
19.3
Rwanda
Median
44.4
Years covered
36
1986–2021
Data points
266

What the numbers show

Share of children with diarrhea receiving treatment is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 71 in Mongolia; the lowest is 19.3 in Rwanda.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.4, and the mean is 43.86.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 135.8%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 37.7%).

Share of children with diarrhea receiving treatment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 71 2018 up 26.8% rising
2 Thailand 70.5 2016 up 53.3% rising
3 Nepal 62.4 2019 up 33.6% rising
4 Indonesia 61 2017 up 12.3% rising
5 Sierra Leone 59.7 2019 up 5.7% rising
6 Sudan 59.3 2014 up 6.1% flat
7 Zambia 57.1 2019 up 1.8% rising
8 Guinea-Bissau 56.3 2019 up 5.8% rising
9 Lesotho 54.5 2018 up 14.5% rising
10 Dominican Republic 54 2019 up 135.8% rising
11 Colombia 52 2010 up 19.0% falling
12 Cambodia 51.6 2014 up 3.4% falling
13 Vietnam 51 2021 down 10.1% rising
14 Bangladesh 50.9 2019 down 25.1% rising
15 Gambia 47 2020 down 29.4% rising
16 Sao Tome and Principe 46.6 2019 down 25.8% falling
17 Jordan 46.2 2018 up 43.5% flat
18 Zimbabwe 45.6 2019 up 30.7% falling
19 Tanzania 45.5 2016 down 14.2% flat
20 Kenya 45.1 2014 up 35.4% falling
21 Philippines 44.8 2017 down 24.8% flat
22 Burkina Faso 44.4 2015 up 5.7% rising
23 Peru 43.5 2020 down 32.2% rising
24 Cote d'Ivoire 43 2016 down 4.4% rising
25 Madagascar 42.4 2021 down 14.2% falling
25 Guinea 42.4 2018 up 12.8% rising
27 Malawi 41 2020 down 13.9% flat
28 Yemen 39.7 2013 up 120.6% rising
29 Senegal 38.9 2019 down 7.6% rising
30 Ghana 38.7 2018 down 13.2% rising
31 Cameroon 38.1 2018 up 73.2% rising
32 Guyana 36.7 2020 down 5.7% falling
33 Nigeria 36.4 2018 up 46.2% rising
34 Burundi 35 2017 up 52.2% rising
35 Mali 34.2 2018 down 9.5% falling
36 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.8 2018 down 27.2% rising
37 Bolivia 29 2008 down 14.5% falling
38 Benin 28 2018 down 32.9% falling
39 Togo 25.1 2017 up 14.1% rising
40 Chad 24.5 2019 up 6.1% falling
41 Egypt 21.9 2014 down 14.8% falling
42 Mauritania 21 2021 down 37.7% rising
43 Rwanda 19.3 2020 down 7.2% falling

About this data

Indicator
Share of children with diarrhea receiving treatment
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 266 data points, 1986–2021
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