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Table 1 Percentages of exclusive breastfeeding rate of infants during the 6 months against national and global targets, 1993–2019

From: Achieving global targets on breastfeeding in Thailand: gap analysis and solutions

Year

1993

1995

2000

2002

2005

2006

2012

2016

2019

EBF 4 months

1.3

3.6

2.92

13.8

20.7

    

EBF 6 months

    

14.5

5.4

12.3

23.1

14.0

National Target

EBF 4–6 months; 15 by 2001

   

EBF 6 months; 30 by 2006 [35]

 

50

  

Global Target

      

EBF 6 months; 50 by 2025 [16]

70 by 2030

  1. Source: data [6, 23, 32,33,34]
  2. - 1993 from Family Health Division
  3. - 1995 from Nutrition Division, Department of Health, MOPH
  4. - 2000, 2002, and 2005 from Department of Health, MOPH
  5. - 2006, 2012, 2016, 2019 from MICS