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West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions): statistics and indicators

57 indicators and 1,661 data points for West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions), collected automatically from official statistical sources.

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57
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1,661

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Key indicators for West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions)

IndicatorLatest YearRank Trend
Total population by age 24,076 2100 28th rising
Live Births Surviving to Age 1 24,625 2100 33rd rising
Mortality rate 1-59 months 62.68 2024 1st falling
Deaths age 1-11 months 550,053 2024 6th falling
Child mortality rate 36.62 2024 1st falling
Deaths age 1-59 months 1.26 million 2024 5th falling
Child deaths 712,753 2024 4th falling
Mortality rate age 1-11 months 27.06 2024 1st falling
Total population by age 1,242 2023 89th volatile
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.3417 2024 55th rising
Deaths aged 20 to 24 134,312 2024 17th rising
Deaths aged 10 to 19 245,795 2024 8th rising
Deaths aged 10 to 14 124,091 2024 8th rising
Deaths aged 15 to 19 121,704 2024 13th rising
Deaths aged 5 to 9 193,575 2024 8th rising
Deaths aged 5 to 24 573,682 2024 8th rising
Deaths aged 15 to 24 256,016 2024 16th rising
Proportion of population using of on-site sanitation facilities with 0 2024 56th flat
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services 12.55 2024 41st rising
Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services 23.57 2024 53rd rising
Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 10.81 2022 116th rising
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 1.52 2024 52nd rising
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 10.54 2022 27th falling
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 4.2 2022 121st rising
Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 12.26 2022 123rd rising
Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 30.69 2022 126th rising
Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 10.51 2022 52nd falling
Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with 22.05 2024 21st rising
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources 80 2024 53rd rising
Proportion of population using limited drinking water services 11.07 2024 20th rising
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 4.34 2024 52nd rising
Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services 36.12 2024 49th rising
Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved 33.73 2024 23rd falling
Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities 55.49 2024 45th rising
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services 19.37 2024 5th falling
Proportion of population using unimproved sanitation facilites 24.79 2024 23rd falling
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 17.55 2024 20th rising
Proportion of population practising open defecation 19.72 2024 5th falling
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 41.7 2023 15th falling
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 17.64 2025 16th falling
Refugees by host country, per 1 USD GNI per capita 6 2025 82nd rising
Refugees by host country, per 1000 population 6 2025 82nd rising
Proportion of schools with no drinking water service 41.28 2023 9th falling
Proportion of schools with improved drinking water sources 58.9 2023 51st rising
New internal displacements 11.58 million 2025 43rd volatile
Internally displaced persons 13.58 million 2025 50th volatile
Proportion of health care facilities with basic water services 54.91 2025 57th rising
Proportion of schools with basic drinking water services 42.73 2023 54th rising
Proportion of schools with limited drinking water services 15.99 2023 9th rising
Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 13.42 2020 76th falling
Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 27.45 2025 12th falling
International migrants, by country of destination 12.41 million 2024 85th rising
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 32.10 million 2024 7th rising
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 3.72 million 2024 7th falling
Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 46.7 2023 71st rising
Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) 44.8 2023 67th rising
Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 20.9 2024 5th falling

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