Table 1 Survey characteristics, by country.
Country | Survey year | n/N | Analysis sample (%) | Boys, n (%) | Girls, n (%) | Mean age (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
African region | ||||||
Benin | 2016 | 2450/2536 | 96.6 | 1328 (54.2) | 1122 (45.8) | 16.4 (1.6) |
Ghana | 2012 | 3375/3632 | 92.9 | 1824 (54.0) | 1551 (46.0) | 16.0 (1.9) |
Liberia | 2017 | 2072/2744 | 75.5 | 1110 (53.6) | 962 (46.4) | 16.7 (1.8) |
Mauritania | 2010 | 1788/2063 | 86.7 | 855 (47.8) | 933 (52.2) | 14.8 (1.2) |
Mauritius | 2017 | 2795/3012 | 92.8 | 1290 (46.2) | 1505 (53.8) | 14.9 (1.4) |
Mozambique | 2015 | 1571/1918 | 81.9 | 833 (53.0) | 738 (47.0) | 16.0 (1.8) |
Namibia | 2013 | 4101/4531 | 90.5 | 1930 (47.1) | 2171 (52.9) | 15.8 (1.8) |
Seychelles | 2015 | 2279/2540 | 89.7 | 1038 (45.5) | 1241 (54.5) | 13.9 (1.5) |
Tanzania | 2014 | 3386/3793 | 89.3 | 1607 (47.5) | 1779 (52.5) | 14.3 (1.8) |
Eastern Mediterranean region | ||||||
Afghanistan | 2014 | 1991/2579 | 77.2 | 866 (43.5) | 1125 (56.5) | 15.2 (1.7) |
Bahrain | 2016 | 6807/7141 | 95.3 | 3468 (50.9) | 3339 (49.1) | 14.1 (1.6) |
Iraq | 2012 | 1856/2038 | 91.1 | 1044 (56.3) | 812 (43.8) | 14.3 (1.3) |
Kuwait | 2015 | 3007/3637 | 82.7 | 1376 (45.8) | 1631 (54.2) | 15.1 (1.6) |
Lebanon | 2017 | 5320/5708 | 93.2 | 2127 (40.0) | 3193 (60.0) | 14.9 (1.8) |
Morocco | 2016 | 5785/6745 | 85.8 | 2999 (51.8) | 2786 (48.2) | 14.8 (1.9) |
Palestine | 2010 | 26,222/29,116 | 90.1 | 11,724 (44.7) | 14,498 (55.3) | 13.9 (1.0) |
United Arab Emirates | 2016 | 3224/5849 | 55.1 | 1421 (44.1) | 1803 (55.9) | 15.2 (1.6) |
Yemen | 2014 | 2161/2655 | 81.4 | 1054 (48.8) | 1107 (51.2) | 14.9 (1.8) |
Region of the Americas | ||||||
Anguilla | 2016 | 734/813 | 90.3 | 342 (46.6) | 392 (53.4) | 14.7 (1.3) |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2009 | 1135/1266 | 89.7 | 522 (46.0) | 613 (54.0) | 13.9 (0.9) |
Bahamas | 2013 | 1229/1357 | 90.6 | 552 (44.9) | 677 (55.1) | 13.4 (1.0) |
Belize | 2011 | 1940/2112 | 91.9 | 903 (46.5) | 1037 (53.5) | 13.8 (1.5) |
Bolivia | 2012 | 3299/3696 | 89.3 | 1685 (51.1) | 1614 (48.9) | 14.4 (1.1) |
British Virgin Islands | 2009 | 1517/1664 | 91.2 | 660 (43.5) | 857 (56.5) | 14.0 (1.5) |
Costa Rica | 2009 | 2576/2679 | 96.2 | 1245 (48.3) | 1331 (51.7) | 14.2 (1.1) |
Curacao | 2015 | 2542/2765 | 91.9 | 1112 (43.7) | 1430 (56.3) | 15.3 (1.9) |
Dominican Republic | 2016 | 1263/1481 | 85.3 | 545 (43.2) | 718 (56.8) | 14.9 (1.5) |
El Salvador | 2013 | 1765/1915 | 92.2 | 942 (53.4) | 823 (46.6) | 14.3 (1.0) |
Guatemala | 2015 | 3794/4374 | 86.7 | 1865 (49.2) | 1929 (50.8) | 14.4 (1.2) |
Honduras | 2012 | 1613/1779 | 90.7 | 763 (47.3) | 850 (52.7) | 13.9 (1.3) |
Jamaica | 2017 | 1502/1667 | 90.1 | 667 (44.4) | 835 (55.6) | 15.0 (1.3) |
Paraguay | 2017 | 2867/3149 | 91.0 | 1362 (47.5) | 1505 (52.5) | 14.9 (1.5) |
Peru | 2010 | 2766/2882 | 96.0 | 1344 (48.6) | 1422 (51.4) | 14.5 (1.0) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2010 | 1569/1740 | 90.2 | 674 (43.0) | 895 (57.0) | 14.4 (1.0) |
Saint Lucia | 2018 | 1755/1970 | 89.1 | 794 (45.2) | 961 (54.8) | 14.4 (1.7) |
Suriname | 2016 | 1970/2126 | 92.7 | 953 (48.4) | 1017 (51.6) | 14.8 (1.7) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2017 | 3459/3869 | 89.4 | 1576 (45.6) | 1883 (54.4) | 14.2 (1.7) |
Uruguay | 2012 | 3294/3524 | 93.5 | 1525 (46.3) | 1769 (53.7) | 14.4 (1.0) |
South-East Asia Region | ||||||
Bangladesh | 2014 | 2787/2989 | 93.2 | 1110 (39.8) | 1677 (60.2) | 14.2 (1.0) |
Indonesia | 2015 | 10,602/11,142 | 95.2 | 4772 (45.0) | 5830 (55.0) | 14.1 (1.6) |
Maldives | 2014 | 3022/3493 | 86.5 | 1235 (40.9) | 1787 (59.1) | 15.5 (1.5) |
Nepal | 2015 | 5957/6529 | 91.2 | 2809 (47.2) | 3148 (52.8) | 14.5 (1.5) |
Sri Lanka | 2016 | 3079/3262 | 94.4 | 1365 (44.3) | 1714 (55.7) | 14.7 (1.3) |
Thailand | 2015 | 5246/5894 | 89.0 | 2133 (40.7) | 3113 (59.3) | 14.5 (1.7) |
Timor-Leste | 2015 | 3115/3704 | 84.1 | 1444 (46.4) | 1671 (53.6) | 15.5 (1.8) |
Western Pacific Region | ||||||
Brunei Darussalam | 2014 | 2495/2599 | 96.0 | 1178 (47.2) | 1317 (52.8) | 14.6 (1.4) |
Cambodia | 2013 | 3631/3806 | 95.4 | 1719 (47.3) | 1912 (52.7) | 15.7 (1.8) |
Cook Islands | 2015 | 665/701 | 94.9 | 324 (48.7) | 341 (51.3) | 15.4 (1.4) |
Fiji | 2016 | 3260/3705 | 88.0 | 1540 (47.2) | 1720 (52.8) | 15.8 (1.4) |
French Polynesia | 2015 | 3064/3216 | 95.3 | 1408 (46.0) | 1656 (54.0) | 15.1 (1.7) |
Kiribati | 2011 | 1476/1582 | 93.3 | 636 (43.1) | 840 (56.9) | 14.3 (1.1) |
Laos | 2015 | 3554/3683 | 96.5 | 1623 (45.7) | 1931 (54.3) | 15.6 (1.2) |
Malaysia | 2012 | 24,694/25,507 | 96.8 | 12,237 (49.6) | 12,457 (50.4) | 14.9 (1.4) |
Mongolia | 2013 | 5122/5393 | 95.0 | 2381 (46.5) | 2741 (53.5) | 14.5 (1.7) |
Philippines | 2015 | 8188/8761 | 93.5 | 3701 (45.2) | 4487 (54.8) | 14.6 (1.5) |
Samoa | 2017 | 1719/1955 | 87.9 | 624 (36.3) | 1095 (63.7) | 15.1 (1.7) |
Solomon Islands | 2011 | 1191/1421 | 83.8 | 609 (51.1) | 582 (48.9) | 14.6 (1.3) |
Tonga | 2017 | 3021/3333 | 90.6 | 1335 (44.2) | 1686 (55.8) | 14.2 (1.9) |
Tuvalu | 2013 | 827/943 | 87.7 | 383 (46.3) | 444 (53.7) | 14.0 (1.5) |
Vanuatu | 2016 | 1887/2159 | 87.4 | 800 (42.4) | 1087 (57.6) | 15.0 (1.5) |
Wallis and Futuna | 2015 | 1020/1117 | 91.3 | 482 (47.3) | 538 (52.7) | 14.6 (1.8) |
Total | 222,401/245,959 | 90.4 | 103,773 (46.7) | 118,628 (53.3) | 14.7 (1.6) | |
