World Bank · Health
Nigeria: Exclusive breastfeeding
28.68percent · 2018
Exclusive breastfeeding refers to the percentage of children less than six months old who are fed breast milk alone (no other liquids) in the past 24 hours. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1990 to 2018.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 28.677 | |
| 2017 | 23.332 | |
| 2013 | 16.937 | |
| 2011 | 14.662 | |
| 2008 | 12.542 | |
| 2007 | 11.489 | |
| 2003 | 15.627 | |
| 2000 | 15.4 | |
| 1999 | 15.4 | |
| 1990 | 1.7 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, Demographic & Health Surveys. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Armenia
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- Barbados
- Belarus
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- Benin
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- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Central African Republic
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- Colombia
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- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
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- Croatia
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Isle of Man
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
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