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Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG): statistics and indicators

60 indicators and 1,747 data points for Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG), collected automatically from official statistical sources.

Indicators
60
Data points
1,747

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Key indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG)

IndicatorLatest YearRank Trend
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year 2024 10th volatile
Total population by age 46,288 2100 13th rising
Live Births Surviving to Age 1 46,890 2100 15th rising
Mortality rate 1-59 months 46.13 2024 3rd falling
Deaths age 1-11 months 809,073 2024 2nd falling
Child mortality rate 25.49 2024 3rd falling
Deaths age 1-59 months 1.75 million 2024 2nd falling
Child deaths 936,884 2024 2nd falling
Mortality rate age 1-11 months 21.18 2024 4th falling
Total population by age 2,567 2023 62nd volatile
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.3831 2024 47th rising
Deaths aged 20 to 24 250,104 2024 5th flat
Deaths aged 5 to 24 939,653 2024 5th falling
Deaths aged 15 to 19 216,647 2024 5th flat
Deaths aged 5 to 9 288,640 2024 4th falling
Deaths aged 15 to 24 466,751 2024 5th flat
Deaths aged 10 to 19 400,909 2024 5th flat
Deaths aged 10 to 14 184,262 2024 5th flat
Proportion of population using of on-site sanitation facilities with 0.1256 2024 48th falling
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services 9.43 2024 49th rising
Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services 25.99 2024 49th rising
Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 12 2022 37th falling
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 29.53 2022 134th rising
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 3.71 2024 47th rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 9.37 2022 45th falling
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 3.66 2022 140th rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 11.22 2022 138th rising
Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 11.21 2022 112th rising
Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with 22.15 2024 19th rising
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources 81.01 2024 51st rising
Proportion of population using limited drinking water services 13.47 2024 16th rising
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 6.86 2024 47th falling
Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services 35.41 2024 52nd rising
Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved 34.58 2024 20th rising
Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities 53.46 2024 50th rising
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services 18.04 2024 8th rising
Proportion of population using unimproved sanitation facilites 31.08 2024 13th flat
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 12.32 2024 35th rising
Proportion of population practising open defecation 15.46 2024 11th falling
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 36.79 2023 38th falling
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 18.83 2025 14th falling
Refugees by host country, per 1000 population 7 2025 57th rising
Refugees by host country, per 1 USD GNI per capita 7 2025 57th rising
Proportion of schools with no drinking water service 39.04 2023 14th falling
Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources 61.06 2023 48th rising
New internal displacements 15.55 million 2025 30th volatile
Internally displaced persons 22.51 million 2025 22nd volatile
Proportion of health care facilities with basic water services 56.65 2025 50th rising
Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services 45.09 2023 50th rising
Proportion of schools with limited drinking water services 15.87 2023 12th rising
Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.87 2020 66th falling
Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 24.51 2025 17th falling
International migrants, by country of destination 24.31 million 2024 46th rising
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 55.20 million 2024 4th rising
Weight-for-height <-2 SD 5.5 2024 20th falling
Weight-for-height <-3 SD 1.1 2024 26th falling
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 10.20 million 2024 4th falling
Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) 46.8 2023 60th rising
Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 52.8 2023 62nd rising
Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 9.7 2024 14th falling

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