Africa - Sub-Saharan
Summary of African Iodine Nutrition Status
|
Countries (of 50) |
Population |
|
Number |
Percent |
Millions |
Percent |
| Deficiency |
| Severe |
2 |
4 |
6.8 |
0.8 |
| Moderate |
4 |
8 |
120.9 |
14.7 |
| Mild |
3 |
6 |
32.0 |
3.9 |
| Likely |
17 |
34 |
170.1 |
20.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
26 |
52 |
329.8 |
40.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sufficiency |
| Known |
11 |
21 |
274.4 |
33.5 |
| Likely |
11 |
23 |
151.9 |
18.5 |
| Excess |
1 |
2 |
53.6 |
6.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
23 |
46 |
479.9 |
58.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Uncertain |
1 |
2 |
11.0 |
1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
(100%) |
820.7 |
(100%) |
Classification of African Countries by Iodine Nutrition.
| Deficient |
| Severe |
Moderate |
Mild |
Gambia
Sierra Leone |
Ethiopia
Guinea
Senegal
Sudan
|
Mauritania
Mozambique
Zambia
|
Likely
Deficient |
Sufficient |
Angola
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
CAR
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Braz)
Cote d'Ivoire
Equat. Guinea
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Morocco
Niger
Somalia
Tanzania
|
Algeria
Benin
Cameroon
Kenya
Madagascar
Nigeria
Rwanda
Togo
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Botswana Egypt
Eritrea
Gabon
Liberia
Libya
Malawi
Namibia
Sao Tome
S. Africa
Swaziland
Tunisia
|
Likely
Excess |
Status
Uncertain |
| DR Congo |
Mali
W. Sahara |
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