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Nigeria: Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life

28.70percent · 2018

Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator WHOSIS_000006. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1990 to 2018.

19902018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201828.7
201623.3
201316.9
201114.7
200812.5
200711.5
200315.6
199915.4
19901.7

Source

Published by World Health Organization, produced by DATASOURCE_NUT_NGA2018DHS, DATASOURCE_NUT_PAK2018DHS, DATASOURCE_NUT_TCD2019SMART. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-whosis-000006 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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