{"id":12095,"date":"2017-02-14T05:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=12095"},"modified":"2018-09-27T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T11:00:42","slug":"countries-highest-cases-anemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/health\/countries-highest-cases-anemia\/","title":{"rendered":"What countries have the highest cases of anemia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A lack of enough healthy red blood cells<\/strong> or hemoglobin<\/strong> leads to anemia. Around a quarter of the world population, including a significant number of children, are affected by this condition.<\/p>\n

According to a World Bank data<\/strong> of 2011, 43 percent of children aged five and below were affected by anemia around the world. However, when compared to 1990, the percentage had witnessed a decline. In 1990, the anemia was prevalent among 52 percent of the children around the world. Though some nations have combated anemia to a large extent, other nations have not been so successful.<\/p>\n

Anemia is widely prevalent in the African continent with\u00a0 Burkina Faso<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> being the most badly affected. According to the World Bank data, anemia was prevalent among 86 percent of children aged under five in Burkina Faso. In fact, majority of the countries at the top of the list \u2014 barring two nations \u2014 were located in Africa where more than 60 percent of children aged five were affected by anemia.<\/p>\n

Among the regions, South Asia<\/strong> was the second most badly affected by anemia. The region, on an average, witnessed 58 percent of the children aged five and under, affected by anemia. While Pakistan<\/strong> reported a high figure with 61 percent, nations such as Sri Lanka<\/strong> and\u00a0 Maldives<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 were better of at 36 and 30 percent respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children are leading much healthy lives in European<\/strong> and North American<\/strong> countries, which reported very low percentages of 16 percent and 7 percent respectively. Among the World Bank<\/strong> list, the\u00a0 United States<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 reported the lowest figure, with just 6 percent of the children aged five and below affected by anemia<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/th>\nAnemia (%)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Burkina Faso<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mali<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senegal<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Niger<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cote d’Ivoire<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sierra Leone<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chad<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central African Republic<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liberia<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Togo<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigeria<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauritania<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Congo, Dem. Rep.<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozambique<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Equatorial Guinea<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malawi<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benin<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Congo, Rep.<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gambia, The<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameroon<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haiti<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pakistan<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanzania<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cabo Verde<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabon<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yemen, Rep.<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eritrea<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zimbabwe<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sudan<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sao Tome and Principe<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zambia<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somalia<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uganda<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolivia<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangladesh<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bhutan<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambodia<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angola<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comoros<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nepal<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madagascar<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopia<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Namibia<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesotho<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guatemala<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burundi<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenya<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egypt, Arab Rep.<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timor-Leste<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Papua New Guinea<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afghanistan<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swaziland<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arab World<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauritius<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uzbekistan<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djibouti<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lao PDR<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guyana<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Lucia<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oman<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solomon Islands<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Myanmar<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecuador<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grenada<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honduras<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suriname<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IBRD only<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanuatu<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Vincent and the Grenadines<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rwanda<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seychelles<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbados<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiribati<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syrian Arab Republic<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominica<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tonga<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sri Lanka<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyrgyz Republic<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caribbean small states<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morocco<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azerbaijan<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belize<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philippines<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Armenia<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuba<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominican Republic<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peru<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahamas, The<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costa Rica<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marshall Islands<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiji<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran, Islamic Rep.<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Algeria<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venezuela, RB<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samoa<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahrain<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaysia<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkmenistan<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamaica<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panama<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnam<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jordan<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libya<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkey<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kazakhstan<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maldives<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El Salvador<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thailand<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tunisia<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moldova<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colombia<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montenegro<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tajikistan<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgaria<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovenia<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paraguay<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romania<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovak Republic<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Czech Republic<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatia<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ukraine<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungary<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kuwait<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poland<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbia<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mongolia<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lithuania<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russian Federation<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latvia<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qatar<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonia<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belarus<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lebanon<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uruguay<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albania<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macedonia, FYR<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chile<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argentina<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyprus<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicaragua<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brunei Darussalam<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Israel<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Zealand<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korea, Rep.<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malta<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andorra<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norway<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Switzerland<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spain<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ireland<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portugal<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austria<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Netherlands<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denmark<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finland<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belgium<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iceland<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweden<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luxembourg<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Kingdom<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North America<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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