Countries ranked 1 to 4 according to progress against vitamin A deficiency. [view more about ranking] [Return to text]
SUB-SAHARAN MIDDLE EAST SOUTH EAST ASIA LATIN AMERICA
AFRICA & NORTH AFRICA ASIA & PACIFIC & CARIBBEAN
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Botswana 1 Sudan 2 Bangladesh 1 Indonesia 1 Brazil 1
Cameroon 1 Egypt 3 India 1 Philippines 1 El Salvador 1
Malawi 1 Iran 3 Nepal 1 Thailand 1 Guatemala 1
Zambia 1 Iraq 3 Pakistan 1 Viet Nam 1 Mexico 1
Angola 2 Lebanon 3 Afghanistan 2 Cambodia 2 Nicaragua 1
Benin 2 Oman 3 Bhutan 2 Myanmar 2 Bolivia 2
Burkina Faso 2 Syria 3 Sri Lanka 2 China 3 Haiti 2
Burundi 2 Turkey 3 Lao Rep. 3 Argentina 3
Ethiopia 2 Yemen 3 Papua New Guinea 3 Colombia 3
Liberia 2 Algeria 4 Mongolia 4 Cuba 3
Madagascar 2 Kuwait 4 Dominican Rep. 3
Niger 2 Libya 4 Ecuador 3
Rwanda 2 Morocco 4 Honduras 3
Uganda 2 Paraguay 3
C. African Rep. 3 Peru 3
Chad 3
Côte d'Ivoire 3
Eritrea 3
Ghana 3
Guinea 3
Guinea-Bissau 3
Kenya 3
Lesotho 3
Mali 3
Mauritania 3
Mauritius 3
Mozambique 3
Namibia 3
Nigeria 3
Senegal 3
Sierra Leone 3
Somalia 3
South Africa 3
Tanzania 3
Togo 3
Zaire 3
Congo 4
Gabon 4
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Not listed in these tables are those countries where survey
information or food consumption data show that vitamin A deficiency
does not exist as a public health problem.
Source: UNICEF field offices, February 1995.