Introduction: Anemia is a public health problem mainly affecting young children aged less than 5 years old globally. The aim of the present study was to assess the pooled prevalence of anemia and its determinants in “children aged 6-23 months” in Ethiopia. Methods: “EMBASE”, “Web of Science”, “Medline”, “Scopus”, “PubMed”, and “Google Scholar” electronic databases were utilized to search published articles on this topic. Results: The estimated pooled prevalence of anemia in “children aged 6-23 months” was 58.78% (95%CI: 52.13, 65.43). Subgroup analysis showed that the pooled prevalence of anemia was 54.63% (95%CI: 47.41,61.86) among regional-based studies, 68.15% (95%CI: 61.57, 74.73) among national-based studies, 58.25% (95%CI: 51.40,65.10) for articles published 2015-2019, 59.33% (95%CI: 48.71, 69.94) for articles published 2020-2021, 62.93% (95%CI: 54.00,71.86) for sample size 600, and 54.43% (95%CI: 48.03, 60.82) for sample size 600. Poor dietary diversity (AOR=2.81, 95%CI: 2.51, 3.11), having history of diarrhea over the last two weeks (AOR=3.97, 95%CI: 2.39, 5.56) and household food insecurity (AOR=2.72, 95%CI: 2.34, 3.10) were determinants of anemia. Conclusion: The pooled prevalence of anemia in “children aged 6-23 months” was high. Dietary diversity status, history of diarrhea over the last two weeks, and household food insecurity were determinants of anemia. Health education program should be provided.
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