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Table A1.3: Children under the national Basic Needs Poverty Line
Total number of children
Number below
poverty line % below poverty line Poverty share %
Torba 4,420 1,747 39.5 11.7
Sanma (rural) 11,673 1,470 12.6 9.8
Penama 15,059 2,573 17.1 17.2
Malampa 13,081 1,445 11.0 9.7
Shefa (rural) 12,067 2,725 22.6 18.2
Tafea 15,786 4,099 26.0 27.4
Luganville 4,408 216 4.9 1.4
Port Vila 11,492 678 5.9 4.5
Vanuatu 87,986 14,953 17.0 100.0
Source: ADB, UNDP and GOV 2006.
Table A1.4: Children under the sub-national Basic Needs Poverty Lines
Total number of
children
Number below
poverty line % below poverty line Poverty share %
Torba 4,420 1,068 24.2 9.0
Sanma (rural) 11,673 544 4.7 4.6
Penama 15,059 917 6.1 7.7
Malampa 13,081 465 3.6 3.9
Shefa (rural) 12,067 1,870 15.5 15.7
Tafea 15,786 2,784 17.6 23.4
Luganville 4,408 501 11.4 4.2
Port Vila 11,492 3,765 32.8 31.6
Vanuatu 87,986 11,914 13.5 100.0
Source: ADB, UNDP and GOV 2006.
Table A1.5: Children in households with PAE expenditure less than 50% of median
Total number of
children
Number below
poverty line % below 50% median Poverty share %
Torba 4,420 2,020 45.7 10.1
Sanma (rural) 11,673 2,242 19.2 11.2
Penama 15,059 3,237 21.5 16.2
Malampa 13,081 2,329 17.8 11.7
Shefa (rural) 12,067 3,262 27.0 16.4
Tafea 15,786 5,549 35.2 27.8
Luganville 4,408 399 9.0 2.0
Port Vila 11,492 910 7.9 4.6
Vanuatu 87,986 19,949 22.7 100.0
Source: ADB, UNDP and GOV 2006.
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