Exclusive breastfeeding (% of children under 6 months)

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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2020Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2020Africa Western and Central
ARB2020Arab World
CSS2020Caribbean small states
CEB2020Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2020Early-demographic dividend
EAS2020East Asia & Pacific
EAP2020East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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