World Health Organization · Health
Early initiation of breastfeeding
Early initiation of breastfeeding (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator NUTRITION_570.
- Coverage
- 130 of 251 countries
- Latest data
- 2017
- Series
- 130
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- who-nutrition-570
- Interva ID
- who-nutrition-570
Recency
stale
data to 2017; catalog to 2025
Provenance
1 step
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2017; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 8 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
29%105 of 130 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 29% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 130 of the 251 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 3 observations; the earliest begins in 1991.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-08.
By country
Early initiation of breastfeeding for each of the 130 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2016–2016
- Albania 2005–2009
- Algeria 2006–2013
- Angola 2007–2016
- Argentina 2012–2012
- Armenia 2000–2016
- Azerbaijan 2006–2013
- Bangladesh 2006–2014
- Barbados 2012–2012
- Belarus 2005–2012
- Belize 2006–2016
- Benin 2006–2014
- Bhutan 2010–2015
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1994–2016
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006–2012
- Botswana 2008–2008
- Brazil 1996–2007
- Burkina Faso 2003–2014
- Burundi 2011–2017
- Cabo Verde 2005–2005
- Cambodia 1998–2014
- Cameroon 1991–2014
- Central African Republic 1995–2011
- Chad 1997–2015
- China 2008–2013
- Colombia 1995–2010
- Comoros 1996–2012
- Congo 2005–2015
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2007–2014
- Costa Rica 2011–2011
- Côte d'Ivoire 1994–2016
- Cuba 2006–2014
- Djibouti 2012–2012
- Dominican Republic 1996–2014
- Ecuador 1994–2012
- Egypt 1996–2014
- El Salvador 1993–2014
- Eritrea 1996–2010
- Eswatini 2007–2014
- Ethiopia 2000–2016
- Fiji 2004–2004
- Gabon 2001–2012
- Gambia 2006–2013
- Georgia 2005–2012
- Ghana 1994–2014
- Guatemala 1995–2015
- Guinea 1999–2016
- Guinea-Bissau 2006–2014
- Guyana 2007–2014
- Haiti 1995–2012
- Honduras 2001–2012
- India 1999–2016
- Indonesia 1994–2012
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2011–2011
- Iraq 2000–2011
- Jamaica 2005–2011
- Jordan 1997–2012
- Kazakhstan 1995–2015
- Kenya 1998–2014
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2009–2012
- Kyrgyzstan 1997–2014
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2000–2012
- Lebanon 2004–2004
- Lesotho 2005–2014
- Liberia 2007–2013
- Madagascar 1997–2013
- Malawi 2000–2016
- Maldives 2009–2009
- Mali 1996–2015
- Marshall Islands 2007–2007
- Mauritania 2001–2015
- Mexico 2012–2015
- Moldova, Republic of 2005–2012
- Mongolia 2005–2013
- Montenegro 2006–2013
- Morocco 2004–2011
- Mozambique 1997–2013
- Myanmar 2010–2016
- Namibia 2000–2013
- Nauru 2007–2007
- Nepal 1996–2017
- Nicaragua 1998–2012
- Niger 1992–2012
- Nigeria 2003–2017
- North Macedonia 2006–2011
- Oman 2000–2014
- Pakistan 1995–2013
- Panama 2013–2013
- Paraguay 2008–2016
- Peru 1996–2016
- Philippines 1998–2013
- Qatar 2012–2012
- Romania 2004–2004
- Russian Federation 2011–2011
- Rwanda 2000–2015
- Saint Lucia 2012–2012
- Samoa 2009–2014
- Sao Tome and Principe 2006–2014
- Senegal 2005–2016
- Serbia 2006–2014
- Sierra Leone 2005–2013
- Solomon Islands 2007–2015
- Somalia 2006–2009
- South Africa 1998–2004
- South Sudan 2010–2010
- Sri Lanka 2007–2016
- Sudan 2010–2014
- Suriname 2006–2010
- Syrian Arab Republic 2006–2009
- Tajikistan 2005–2012
- Tanzania, United Republic of 1996–2016
- Thailand 2006–2016
- Timor-Leste 2003–2016
- Togo 1998–2014
- Tonga 2012–2012
- Trinidad and Tobago 2006–2006
- Tunisia 2012–2012
- Türkiye 1993–2014
- Turkmenistan 2000–2016
- Tuvalu 2007–2007
- Uganda 1995–2016
- Ukraine 2005–2012
- United Arab Emirates 1995–1995
- Uruguay 2013–2013
- Uzbekistan 1996–2006
- Vanuatu 2007–2013
- Viet Nam 1997–2014
- Yemen 1997–2013
- Zambia 1997–2014
- Zimbabwe 1994–2015
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 2017 | 85 | percent |
| Nepal | 2017 | 54.90 | percent |
| Nigeria | 2017 | 32.80 | percent |
| Afghanistan | 2016 | 40.90 | percent |
| Angola | 2016 | 48.30 | percent |
| Armenia | 2016 | 40.90 | percent |
| Belize | 2016 | 68.30 | percent |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2016 | 55 | percent |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2016 | 36.60 | percent |
| Ethiopia | 2016 | 73.30 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Health Organization declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
World Health Organization
Global Health Observatory — NUTRITION_570
declared by who in IndicatorCode
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Health Organization (2026). Early initiation of breastfeeding. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-nutrition-570 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-who-nutrition-570,
title = {Early initiation of breastfeeding},
author = {World Health Organization},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/who-nutrition-570}},
note = {Interva dataset who-nutrition-570; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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