State of the World's Children 2013 - Unicef

TABLE 1
BASIC INdICATORS
Countries
and areas
Under-5
mortality
rank
Under-5 mortality rate
(U5MR)
U5MR by sex
2011
Infant mortality rate
(under 1)
1990 2011 male female 1990 2011
Uruguay 135 23 10 11 9 20 9 5 3,380 49 1 11,860 77 98 99
Uzbekistan 56 75 49 55 42 62 42 15 27,760 589 30 1,510 68 99 92
Vanuatu 125 39 13 14 12 31 11 7 246 7 0 2,870 71 83 –
Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of) 115 31 15 17 13 26 13 8 29,437 598 9 11,920 74 96 95
Viet Nam 87 50 22 25 19 36 17 12 88,792 1,458 32 1,260 75 93 98
Yemen 36 126 77 80 73 89 57 32 24,800 940 70 1,070 65 64 78
Zambia 31 193 83 86 80 114 53 27 13,475 622 46 1,160 49 71 93
Zimbabwe 43 79 67 73 61 53 43 30 12,754 377 24 640 51 – –
Neonatal
mortality
rate
2011
Total
population
(thousands)
2011
Annual no.
of births
(thousands)
2011
Annual no.
of under-5
deaths
(thousands)
2011
GNI per
capita (US$)
2011
Life
expectancy
at birth
(years)
2011
Total adult
literacy rate
(%)
2007–2011*
Primary
school net
enrolment
ratio (%)
2008–2011*
MEMORANDUM
Sudan and
South Sudan s – – – – – – – – – 1,447 – 1,300 x 61 – –
SUMMARY INDICATORS #
Sub-Saharan Africa 178 109 114 103 107 69 34 876,497 32,584 3,370 1,269 55 63 76
Eastern and
Southern Africa 162 84 89 79 100 55 29 418,709 14,399 1,177 1,621 56 68 86
West and
Central Africa 197 132 138 126 116 83 39 422,564 16,712 2,096 937 53 57 67
Middle East and
North Africa 72 36 38 34 54 28 16 415,633 10,017 351 6,234 71 77 90
South Asia 119 62 61 63 85 48 32 1,653,679 37,402 2,309 1,319 66 62 92
East Asia and Pacific 55 20 21 19 41 17 11 2,032,532 28,448 590 4,853 73 94 96
Latin America
and Caribbean 53 19 21 17 42 16 10 591,212 10,790 203 8,595 74 91 95
CEE/CIS 48 21 23 19 40 18 10 405,743 5,823 125 7,678 70 98 95
Least developed
countries 171 98 102 93 107 65 33 851,103 28,334 2,649 695 59 60 80
World 87 51 53 50 61 37 22 6,934,761 135,056 6,914 9,513 69 84 91
s Due to the cession in July 2011 of the Republic of South Sudan by the Republic of the Sudan, and its subsequent admission to the United Nations on 14 July 2011, disaggregated data for the Sudan
and South Sudan as separate States are not yet available for all indicators. Aggregated data presented are for the Sudan pre-cession (see Memorandum item).
# For a complete list of countries and areas in the regions, subregions and country categories, see page 98.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
Under-5 mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of age,
expressed per 1,000 live births.
Infant mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 1 year of age, expressed
per 1,000 live births.
Neonatal mortality rate – Probability of dying during the first 28 completed days of life,
expressed per 1,000 live births.
GNI per capita – Gross national income (GNI) is the sum of value added by all resident
producers, plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output, plus
net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.
GNI per capita is GNI divided by midyear population. GNI per capita in US dollars is converted
using the World Bank Atlas method.
Life expectancy at birth – Number of years newborn children would live if subject to the
mortality risks prevailing for the cross section of population at the time of their birth.
Total adult literacy rate – Number of literate persons aged 15 and above, expressed as a
percentage of the total population in that age group.
Primary school net enrolment ratio – Number of children enrolled in primary or secondary
school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of
children of official primary school age. Because of the inclusion of primary-school-aged children
enrolled in secondary school, this indicator can also be referred to as a primary adjusted net
enrolment ratio.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Under-5 and infant mortality rates – United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality
Estimation (UNICEF, World Health Organization, United Nations Population Division and the
World Bank).
Neonatal mortality rate – World Health Organization, using civil registrations, surveillance
systems and household surveys.
Total population and births – United Nations Population Division.
Under-5 deaths – United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF,
World Health Organization, United Nations Population Division and the World Bank).
GNI per capita – The World Bank.
Life expectancy at birth – United Nations Population Division.
Total adult literacy rate and primary school net enrolment ratio – UNESCO Institute for
Statistics.
NOTES
a low-income country (GNI per capita is $1,025 or less).
b lower-middle-income country (GNI per capita is $1,026 to $4,035).
c upper-middle-income country (GNI per capita is $4,036 to $12,475).
d high-income country (GNI per capita is $12,476 or more).
− Data not available.
x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading. Such data
are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.
z Data provided by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics
dataset does not currently include net enrolment rates for China.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
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