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Anemia: share of pregnant women vs. share of children by country

Share of pregnant women with anemia vs the share of children aged between six months and five years who have anemia. Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
62.1%
Mali
Lowest
10.2%
United States
Median
27.6%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,608

What the numbers show

Anemia: share of pregnant women vs. share of children is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 62.1% in Mali; the lowest is 10.2% in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.6%, and the mean is 30.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 18.3%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 25.2%).

Anemia: share of pregnant women vs. share of children: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 62.1% 2023 up 4.0% falling
2 Benin 60.2% 2023 down 0.3% falling
3 Cote d'Ivoire 57.3% 2023 up 4.0% flat
4 Niger 55.9% 2023 up 2.9% flat
5 Gabon 54.8% 2023 up 0.2% falling
6 Mozambique 54.6% 2023 up 6.8% flat
7 Gambia 54.1% 2023 down 10.3% falling
8 Mauritania 53.9% 2023 up 0.9% falling
9 Sierra Leone 53.7% 2023 up 4.5% falling
10 Somalia 52.8% 2023 up 5.6% rising
11 Togo 52.6% 2023 down 2.4% falling
12 Chad 51.2% 2023 down 6.7% falling
13 Guinea-Bissau 51.1% 2023 down 0.4% falling
14 Senegal 50.9% 2023 down 10.9% falling
15 Guinea 50.2% 2023 down 7.4% falling
16 Burkina Faso 49.5% 2023 down 4.6% falling
17 Liberia 49.2% 2023 up 4.9% falling
18 Central African Republic 48.4% 2023 up 0.2% falling
19 Congo 46.8% 2023 down 7.3% falling
20 India 46.6% 2023 down 5.3% falling
20 Tanzania 46.6% 2023 down 5.5% falling
22 Angola 45.9% 2023 up 1.3% falling
23 Haiti 45.5% 2023 down 3.0% falling
24 Ghana 45.3% 2023 down 5.8% falling
25 Democratic Republic of Congo 45.1% 2023 up 0.2% falling
26 Nigeria 45.0% 2023 down 8.4% falling
27 Burundi 44.7% 2023 up 18.3% rising
28 Cape Verde 43.9% 2023 down 2.2% falling
29 Myanmar 43.4% 2023 down 2.5% falling
30 Equatorial Guinea 42.9% 2023 down 2.1% falling
30 Sao Tome and Principe 42.9% 2023 down 1.2% falling
32 Kyrgyzstan 42.5% 2023 up 11.5% rising
33 South Sudan 42.2% 2023 up 8.2% flat
34 Eritrea 41.5% 2023 up 4.3% falling
35 Maldives 41.3% 2023 down 10.6% falling
36 Yemen 41.2% 2023 up 7.3% falling
37 Cameroon 41.0% 2023 down 3.1% falling
37 Cambodia 41.0% 2023 down 12.0% falling
39 Kenya 39.8% 2023 up 3.4% falling
40 Tajikistan 39.6% 2023 up 3.9% flat
41 Madagascar 39.3% 2023 up 6.5% falling
42 Pakistan 39.1% 2023 down 13.7% falling
43 Bangladesh 38.6% 2023 down 8.5% falling
43 Malawi 38.6% 2023 up 5.2% falling
45 Sudan 38.0% 2023 up 6.1% falling
46 Djibouti 37.2% 2023 up 4.2% falling
47 Zambia 36.7% 2023 down 0.8% falling
48 Egypt 36.3% 2023 up 18.2% rising
49 Turkmenistan 35.9% 2023 up 5.3% falling
50 Lesotho 35.8% 2023 up 16.2% flat
51 Oman 35.6% 2023 up 1.4% falling
51 Uzbekistan 35.6% 2023 up 1.4% falling
53 Comoros 35.5% 2023 up 1.7% falling
54 Algeria 35.2% 2023 up 6.0% flat
54 Nepal 35.2% 2023 down 9.0% falling
54 Syria 35.2% 2023 up 8.0% flat
57 Uganda 35.0% 2023 up 1.2% falling
58 Solomon Islands 34.8% 2023 down 2.2% falling
59 Azerbaijan 34.1% 2023 up 1.2% falling
60 Morocco 33.7% 2023 up 6.0% falling
61 Lebanon 33.6% 2023 up 10.2% rising
62 Jordan 33.3% 2023 up 6.7% rising
63 Tunisia 33.1% 2023 up 4.4% flat
64 Iraq 32.9% 2023 up 5.4% falling
65 Bhutan 32.6% 2023 down 6.6% falling
66 Mauritius 32.4% 2023 up 6.6% falling
67 Kazakhstan 32.3% 2023 up 4.2% falling
67 Vanuatu 32.3% 2023 up 0.9% falling
69 Libya 32.1% 2023 up 4.9% flat
70 Georgia 31.9% 2023 up 2.9% falling
70 Guyana 31.9% 2023 down 3.9% falling
70 Palestine 31.9% 2023 up 3.2% falling
70 Turkey 31.9% 2023 up 0.9% falling
74 Afghanistan 31.6% 2023 down 5.4% falling
75 Botswana 31.4% 2023 up 3.0% falling
76 Papua New Guinea 30.9% 2023 down 1.0% falling
77 Fiji 30.7% 2023 down 7.3% falling
77 East Timor 30.7% 2023 down 5.5% falling
79 Bahrain 30.1% 2023 up 1.0% falling
79 Eswatini 30.1% 2023 up 4.9% falling
79 Zimbabwe 30.1% 2023 down 2.6% falling
82 Laos 30.0% 2023 down 14.5% falling
83 North Korea 29.7% 2023 down 10.8% falling
84 Ecuador 29.5% 2023 up 6.1% falling
84 Montenegro 29.5% 2023 up 6.9% flat
86 Kiribati 29.4% 2023 down 5.2% falling
87 South Africa 29.3% 2023 up 2.4% falling
88 Venezuela 29.1% 2023 up 12.4% falling
89 Malaysia 28.8% 2023 down 9.1% falling
89 Peru 28.8% 2023 up 8.3% falling
91 United Arab Emirates 28.6% 2023 down 0.7% flat
92 Kuwait 28.5% 2023 up 2.9% flat
93 Namibia 28.3% 2023 up 7.6% falling
94 Iran 27.9% 2023 up 15.8% falling
94 Mongolia 27.9% 2023 down 0.7% falling
96 Paraguay 27.8% 2023 up 4.9% falling
97 Panama 27.5% 2023 up 3.4% falling
98 Moldova 27.4% 2023 down 1.8% falling
99 Dominica 27.2% 2023 up 3.4% falling
99 Dominican Republic 27.2% 2023 up 3.8% falling
99 Seychelles 27.2% 2023 down 0.7% falling
102 Indonesia 27.1% 2023 down 15.0% falling
103 Colombia 27.0% 2023 up 5.1% falling
104 Suriname 26.9% 2023 up 4.3% falling
105 Belize 26.8% 2023 up 5.1% falling
106 Cuba 26.7% 2023 up 4.3% falling
107 Jamaica 26.6% 2023 up 6.0% falling
108 Trinidad and Tobago 26.3% 2023 up 7.8% falling
109 Ethiopia 26.2% 2023 up 4.8% falling
110 Grenada 26.1% 2023 up 3.2% falling
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.0% 2023 down 1.9% falling
112 Micronesia (country) 25.9% 2023 down 2.3% falling
112 Palau 25.9% 2023 down 2.3% falling
114 Mexico 25.7% 2023 up 13.7% falling
114 Tuvalu 25.7% 2023 down 1.5% falling
116 Bulgaria 25.6% 2023 up 0.4% falling
117 Albania 25.5% 2023 up 10.9% falling
117 Bolivia 25.5% 2023 down 11.8% falling
117 Marshall Islands 25.5% 2023 down 8.6% falling
120 Barbados 25.4% 2023 up 5.8% falling
120 Saint Lucia 25.4% 2023 up 9.0% falling
122 Slovakia 25.3% 2023 up 0.4% falling
122 Slovenia 25.3% 2023 up 2.0% falling
122 Vietnam 25.3% 2023 down 4.9% falling
125 Antigua and Barbuda 25.2% 2023 up 5.9% falling
125 Romania 25.2% 2023 down 0.8% falling
127 Serbia 25.1% 2023 up 0.4% falling
127 Samoa 25.1% 2023 down 2.0% falling
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 24.9% 2023 up 6.9% falling
129 Qatar 24.9% 2023 down 5.0% falling
131 Czechia 24.8% 2023 unchanged falling
131 Estonia 24.8% 2023 up 0.4% falling
131 Honduras 24.8% 2023 up 12.7% falling
131 Hungary 24.8% 2023 up 0.8% falling
131 Russia 24.8% 2023 up 1.2% falling
136 Uruguay 24.7% 2023 down 4.3% falling
136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.7% 2023 up 3.3% falling
138 Croatia 24.6% 2023 down 1.2% falling
138 Poland 24.6% 2023 up 1.2% falling
140 Argentina 24.4% 2023 down 9.6% falling
140 Belarus 24.4% 2023 up 1.7% falling
140 Lithuania 24.4% 2023 up 0.4% falling
140 North Macedonia 24.4% 2023 up 0.4% falling
144 Nauru 24.3% 2023 down 4.0% falling
145 Bahamas 24.1% 2023 up 7.1% falling
145 Ukraine 24.1% 2023 up 3.9% falling
147 Philippines 24.0% 2023 down 25.2% falling
148 Rwanda 23.9% 2023 up 6.7% falling
149 Thailand 23.8% 2023 down 16.2% falling
150 Costa Rica 23.3% 2023 up 8.4% falling
151 Brazil 23.1% 2023 up 8.5% falling
152 El Salvador 23.0% 2023 up 5.0% falling
153 Sri Lanka 22.9% 2023 down 16.7% falling
154 Tonga 22.6% 2023 down 3.8% falling
155 Japan 22.5% 2023 down 19.6% falling
156 Armenia 22.3% 2023 down 2.2% falling
157 Latvia 21.9% 2023 down 3.1% falling
158 Chile 21.4% 2023 down 4.0% falling
159 Brunei 21.1% 2023 down 7.0% falling
160 Guatemala 20.8% 2023 up 15.6% falling
160 Saudi Arabia 20.8% 2023 down 3.7% falling
162 Italy 17.1% 2023 down 2.3% falling
163 Cyprus 17.0% 2023 down 4.0% falling
164 Denmark 16.9% 2023 down 4.0% falling
164 Singapore 16.9% 2023 down 5.6% falling
166 Sweden 16.8% 2023 down 4.0% falling
167 Austria 16.7% 2023 down 3.5% falling
167 Malta 16.7% 2023 down 4.0% falling
169 Greece 16.6% 2023 down 5.1% falling
170 Netherlands 16.5% 2023 down 4.6% falling
171 Andorra 16.3% 2023 down 5.8% falling
171 Spain 16.3% 2023 down 6.3% falling
171 Norway 16.3% 2023 down 6.3% falling
171 Portugal 16.3% 2023 down 6.3% falling
175 San Marino 16.2% 2023 down 5.3% falling
176 South Korea 15.9% 2023 down 21.3% falling
176 Monaco 15.9% 2023 down 6.5% falling
178 Israel 15.6% 2023 down 8.2% falling
179 Luxembourg 15.5% 2023 down 6.1% falling
180 Germany 15.4% 2023 down 4.3% falling
181 Canada 15.1% 2023 down 5.0% falling
181 Switzerland 15.1% 2023 down 2.6% falling
181 Finland 15.1% 2023 down 5.0% falling
181 Iceland 15.1% 2023 down 7.9% falling
185 France 14.8% 2023 up 2.1% falling
186 Ireland 14.7% 2023 down 11.4% falling
187 United Kingdom 14.3% 2023 down 12.3% falling
188 China 14.2% 2023 down 19.3% falling
189 Australia 13.9% 2023 down 10.3% falling
189 Belgium 13.9% 2023 down 1.4% falling
191 New Zealand 13.3% 2023 down 4.3% falling
192 United States 10.2% 2023 down 4.7% falling

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Indicator
Anemia: share of pregnant women vs. share of children
Unit
%
Source
Global Health Observatory / World Health Statistics - World Health Organization (WHO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 4,608 data points, 2000–2023
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Share of pregnant women with anemia vs the share of children aged between six months and five years who have anemia. Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin.