Exclusive breastfeeding
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 148
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNICEF
State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
UNICEF
Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Demographic & Health Surveys
Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 2020 | 53.63 | percent |
| Liberia | 2020 | 55.23 | percent |
| Mongolia | 2020 | 58 | percent |
| Palestine, State of | 2020 | 38.90 | percent |
| Rwanda | 2020 | 80.90 | percent |
| Timor-Leste | 2020 | 64.97 | percent |
| Algeria | 2019 | 28.63 | percent |
| Bangladesh | 2019 | 62.60 | percent |
| Belarus | 2019 | 21.70 | percent |
| Burkina Faso | 2019 | 57.89 | percent |
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