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Use the following resources to conduct your own diet quality survey and analyze the results.
- DQQ translated into the national language(s) and in English
- IYCF DQQ: Companion questionnaire for infants and young children (age 6-23 months)
Ethiopia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Ethiopia. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ), under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made during use. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted, meaning you cannot distribute a modified form of the work.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Required citation for use of the Required citation for use of the country-level results (for example, MDD-W prevalence in a country):
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Results Dataset 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/KY3W8A. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the DQQ data, under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
Required citation for use of the Gallup World Poll microdata:
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Microdata 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/PWWJSA.Indicators
Data collected Jul 26 – Sep 10, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
24%
All-5
9%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
21%
Vegetables
54%
Fruits
30%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
92%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
24%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
11%
More than one sugary food or beverage
22%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
4%
Processed meats
1%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
11%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
38%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
3.3
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
85%
Foods made from grains
25%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
43%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
63%
Pulses
59%
Nuts or seeds
10%
Vegetables
54%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
12%
Dark green leafy vegetables
30%
Other vegetables
39%
Fruits
30%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
13%
Citrus
7%
Other fruits
23%
Animal-source foods
39%
Dairy
27%
Milk
20%
Yogurt
10%
Cheese
10%
Eggs
10%
Meat, poultry, or fish
14%
Fish or seafood
0%
Poultry
2%
Unprocessed red meat
13%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
12%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
1%
Salty or fried snacks
21%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
11%
Instant noodles
1%
Fast food
0%
Deep fried foods
13%
Sweet foods
18%
Baked or grain-based sweets
14%
Other sweets
8%
Sweet beverages
66%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
11%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
64%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
5%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night