Global Breastfeeding Prevalence for Children Under Two Years

Global data on the percentage of children born in the last 24 months who were ever breastfed. The dataset is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) and was last updated on 2026-07-18. It is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Modeling global breastfeeding rates based on the reported percentage indicator.
• Analyzing trends in early childhood nutrition practices based on the 24-month age cohort.
• Benchmarking national public health performance on infant feeding indicators.
• Informing policy interventions aimed at improving breastfeeding initiation.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a recognized authority, UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ).
• Dataset has a specific update timestamp: 2026-07-18 10:19:42.469134.
• Available in two common, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Time Range

Likely covers children born in the 24 months preceding data collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-18 10:19:42.469134; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global