Continued Breastfeeding Rates for Children 12-23 Months

World Health Organization data measures the percentage of children aged 12–23 months who were fed breast milk during the previous day. This indicator is used to monitor infant and young child feeding practices globally. The dataset is available in tabular formats like CSV and XML.

Use Cases

• Monitoring progress on WHO global nutrition targets based on breastfeeding indicators
• Comparing infant feeding practices across different regions or countries
• Assessing the prevalence of continued breastfeeding at one year of age
• Informing public health interventions aimed at improving child nutrition

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization
• Released under the permissive CC-BY-3.0-IGO license for reuse
• Cross-platform presence on HDX suggests established use and importance

Limitations

• Column names and dataset size (row count, file size) are not specified in the provided metadata
• The description is high-level, lacking detail on temporal coverage, geographic granularity, or collection methodology

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO)

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-11

Geography

Global