Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent) — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National by country
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and...
Countries reporting
196
Highest
59.9 %
Gabon
Lowest
10.5 %
Guatemala
Median
25.5 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,616
What the numbers show
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent) — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 59.9 % in Gabon; the lowest is 10.5 % in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.5 %, and the mean is 27.69 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 33.3%).
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 59.9 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 56.5 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 40 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 3 | Mauritania | 54.5 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 38.8 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 4 | India | 53.7 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 5 | Benin | 50 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 47.1 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 6 | Cabo Verde | 40.6 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 31 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 47 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 29.7 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 8 | Congo | 46.7 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 29.3 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 9 | Pakistan | 46.5 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 46.5 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 9 | Melanesia | 29.1 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 11 | Somalia | 46.2 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 28.6 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 12 | Gambia | 46.1 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 28.5 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 13 | Haiti | 45.9 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 27.5 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 45.7 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.7 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 25.5 % | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25.2 % | 2023 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 45.4 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 16 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 24.9 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 44.6 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 17 | Micronesia | 24.5 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 44.3 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Caribbean | 29.1 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 22.1 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 43.8 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 19 | Polynesia | 21.6 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 43.4 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 20 | Maldives | 43.4 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 20.5 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 22 | Senegal | 43.1 % | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 23 | Liberia | 42.5 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 41.5 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.3 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 39.7 % | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.7 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 28 | Burundi | 39 % | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 38.9 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | Bahrain | 38.4 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 31 | Cambodia | 38 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 32 | Nigeria | 37.9 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 37.6 % | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 34 | Guyana | 37.5 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 37.3 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 36 | Madagascar | 37.2 % | 2023 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 37 | Yemen | 36.4 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 36 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 35.6 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 39 | Eritrea | 35.6 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 41 | South Sudan | 35 % | 2023 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 34.8 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 43 | Oman | 34.4 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 44 | Lesotho | 34.2 % | 2023 | up 44.3% | flat |
| 45 | Lebanon | 34 % | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan | 34 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 47 | Bhutan | 33.8 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 48 | Nepal | 33.2 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 49 | Jordan | 33 % | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.9 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritius | 32.8 % | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 52 | Egypt | 32.7 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 53 | Solomon Islands | 32.6 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 54 | Malawi | 32.4 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 55 | Kenya | 32.2 % | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 56 | Djibouti | 31.8 % | 2023 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 57 | Algeria | 31.6 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 58 | Malaysia | 31.3 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 59 | South Africa | 31.2 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 60 | Botswana | 30.9 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 30.5 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 30.4 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 30.4 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 30.2 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 65 | Comoros | 29.9 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 65 | Fiji | 29.9 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 67 | Morocco | 29.5 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 68 | Libya | 29.3 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 28.8 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 70 | Eswatini | 28.3 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 28.2 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 72 | Kuwait | 27.7 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 72 | Tunisia | 27.7 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 27.5 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 75 | Uganda | 27.2 % | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 76 | Iraq | 27.1 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 76 | Zambia | 27.1 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 78 | Kiribati | 26.9 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 79 | Indonesia | 26.7 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 81 | Palau | 25.9 % | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 25.8 % | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 25.8 % | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 82 | Seychelles | 25.8 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 85 | Slovenia | 25.7 % | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 25.5 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 87 | Slovakia | 25.3 % | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 88 | Namibia | 24.9 % | 2023 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 88 | Serbia | 24.9 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 90 | Palestine | 24.8 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 91 | Albania | 24.7 % | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 91 | Estonia | 24.7 % | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 93 | Czechia | 24.6 % | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 94 | Uruguay | 24.5 % | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 95 | Romania | 24.3 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 96 | Hungary | 24.1 % | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 96 | Russian Federation | 24.1 % | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 98 | Niue | 24 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 99 | Cook Islands | 23.9 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 100 | Lithuania | 23.7 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 101 | Qatar | 23.6 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 102 | Argentina | 23.5 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 102 | Marshall Islands | 23.5 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 104 | Poland | 23.4 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 105 | Croatia | 23.3 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 23.2 % | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 23.2 % | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 23.1 % | 2023 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 109 | Naoero | 22.5 % | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 110 | Colombia | 22.4 % | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 110 | Dominican Republic | 22.4 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 112 | Cuba | 22.2 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 112 | Suriname | 22.2 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 114 | Belarus | 22.1 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.1 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 116 | Dominica | 22 % | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 117 | Samoa | 21.9 % | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 21.5 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 21.5 % | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 120 | Latvia | 21.4 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 121 | Belize | 21.3 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 121 | Brazil | 21.3 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 123 | Peru | 21 % | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 124 | Grenada | 20.9 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 20.9 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 126 | Thailand | 20.7 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 126 | Tonga | 20.7 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.3 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 129 | Ecuador | 20.2 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 130 | Barbados | 20.1 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 19.9 % | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.4 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 132 | Ukraine | 19.4 % | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 134 | Mongolia | 19.1 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 135 | Bahamas | 18.8 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 135 | Honduras | 18.8 % | 2023 | up 34.3% | flat |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.8 % | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 138 | Armenia | 18.7 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 138 | Japan | 18.7 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 18.3 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | flat |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 17.6 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 142 | Denmark | 17 % | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 143 | Sweden | 16.8 % | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 144 | Austria | 16.7 % | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 145 | Switzerland | 16.6 % | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 145 | Singapore | 16.6 % | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 147 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 16.5 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 148 | Andorra | 16.4 % | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 148 | Cyprus | 16.4 % | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 148 | Italy | 16.4 % | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 151 | Norway | 16.3 % | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 152 | Rwanda | 16.1 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 153 | Chile | 15.7 % | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 153 | Malta | 15.7 % | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 153 | Republic of Korea | 15.7 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 156 | China | 15.6 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 156 | Spain | 15.6 % | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 156 | Greece | 15.6 % | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 15.4 % | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 160 | Belgium | 15 % | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 160 | Portugal | 15 % | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 162 | Iceland | 14.7 % | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 163 | Israel | 14.6 % | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 164 | El Salvador | 14.4 % | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 165 | Canada | 14 % | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 165 | Germany | 14 % | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 165 | Ireland | 14 % | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 13.7 % | 2023 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 169 | Finland | 13.6 % | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 169 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.6 % | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 171 | Mexico | 13.2 % | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 172 | France | 13.1 % | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 173 | New Zealand | 12.4 % | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 174 | Philippines | 12 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 175 | Australia and New Zealand | 11.3 % | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 176 | Australia | 11.1 % | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 177 | Guatemala | 10.5 % | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 41.7 %
- Southern Asia 49.3 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 48.7 %
- Lower-middle-income economies 43.8 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 37.2 %
- Western Africa 41.9 %
- Asia 33.6 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 36.8 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 36 %
- Africa 35.9 %
- Low-income economies 35.7 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 28.7 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 32.2 %
- Central Asia 32 %
- Northern Africa 32 %
- Eastern Africa 31.4 %
- Southern Africa 31 %
- World 30.7 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 30.2 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 28.8 %
- Western Asia 28.7 %
- South-eastern Asia 24.2 %
- Eastern Europe 23.5 %
- South America 21.8 %
- Upper-middle-income economies 20.1 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 19.9 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 18.7 %
- Europe 18.6 %
- High-income economies 17.4 %
- Northern America and Europe 17.3 %
- Southern Europe 17.2 %
- Oceania 16.8 %
- Eastern Asia 16 %
- United States of America 15 %
- Northern America 14.9 %
- Northern Europe 14.8 %
- Western Europe 14.2 %
- Central America 13.8 %
About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.