Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions): statistics and indicators

57 indicators and 1,670 data points for Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), collected automatically from official statistical sources.

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Key indicators for Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)

IndicatorLatest YearRank Trend
Total population by age 22,155 2100 33rd rising
Live Births Surviving to Age 1 22,212 2100 42nd rising
Mortality rate 1-59 months 27.2 2024 10th falling
Deaths age 1-11 months 258,592 2024 14th falling
Child mortality rate 12.9 2024 10th volatile
Deaths age 1-59 months 482,561 2024 11th falling
Child deaths 223,969 2024 11th falling
Mortality rate age 1-11 months 14.49 2024 10th falling
Total population by age 1,302 2023 86th volatile
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4701 2024 35th rising
Deaths aged 20 to 24 115,372 2024 20th falling
Deaths aged 10 to 19 154,713 2024 23rd falling
Deaths aged 10 to 14 60,049 2024 24th falling
Deaths aged 15 to 19 94,664 2024 21st falling
Deaths aged 5 to 9 94,906 2024 18th falling
Deaths aged 5 to 24 364,991 2024 23rd falling
Deaths aged 15 to 24 210,036 2024 20th falling
Proportion of population using of on-site sanitation facilities with 0.2468 2024 45th falling
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services 6.01 2024 54th rising
Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services 28.41 2024 41st rising
Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.57 2022 101st rising
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 5.96 2024 39th rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 8.12 2022 65th falling
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 3.06 2022 149th rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 10.08 2022 147th rising
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 28.3 2022 138th rising
Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 13.48 2022 16th falling
Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with 22.21 2024 18th rising
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources 81.96 2024 47th rising
Proportion of population using limited drinking water services 16.02 2024 10th rising
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 9.38 2024 43rd falling
Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services 34.42 2024 54th rising
Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved 35.47 2024 17th rising
Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities 51.16 2024 52nd rising
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services 16.74 2024 14th rising
Proportion of population using unimproved sanitation facilites 37.73 2024 8th flat
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 6.86 2024 56th volatile
Proportion of population practising open defecation 11.11 2024 24th falling
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 32.02 2023 69th falling
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 20.05 2025 10th rising
Refugees by host country, per 1 USD GNI per capita 8 2025 48th rising
Refugees by host country, per 1000 population 8 2025 48th rising
Proportion of schools with no drinking water service 36.81 2023 19th falling
Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources 63.19 2023 43rd rising
New internal displacements 3.95 million 2025 70th volatile
Internally displaced persons 8.94 million 2025 70th volatile
Proportion of health care facilities with basic water services 58.45 2025 44th rising
Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services 47.46 2023 47th rising
Proportion of schools with limited drinking water services 15.73 2023 14th rising
Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 14.38 2020 47th falling
Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 21.5 2025 24th falling
International migrants, by country of destination 11.44 million 2024 90th rising
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 24.10 million 2024 12th flat
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 6.53 million 2024 6th falling
Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 59.1 2023 48th rising
Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) 48.8 2023 54th rising
Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 6.9 2024 16th falling

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