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.

  1. 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

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Gambia202053.63percent
Liberia202055.23percent
Mongolia202058percent
Palestine, State of202038.90percent
Rwanda202080.90percent
Timor-Leste202064.97percent
Algeria201928.63percent
Bangladesh201962.60percent
Belarus201921.70percent
Burkina Faso201957.89percent

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