CHILD POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: THE WAY FORWARD

Annex 1. Multidimensional Child Poverty

Children experiencing deprivation of basic needs*

Selected countries (2001 – 2006)^58

Shelter

Sanitation

Water

Informa

tion

Food

Education

Health

Children experiencing two or more of any deprivations

Bangladesh 85 63 3 46

no

data

29 55 76

Bhutan 35 9 15 22

no

data

27

no

data

27

Bolivia 56 37 13 5 28 33 36 45

Burundi 92 68 55 47

no

data

32 42 90

Cambodia 86 75 29 8 47 17 34 76

Cameroon 60 69 42 26 37 19 39 67

Congo,

Republic of

58 10 42 13 32 11 29 45

Congo,
Democratic
Republic of

79 60 64 26 43 26 51 78

Egypt 19 2 2 1 21 8 12 6

Ghana 59 42 30 19 30 17 31 52

(^58) Methodology note: All figures are UNICEF’s calculations, using University of
Bristol approach. Figures are derived from household surveys, using the most
recent survey available for the period 2001 – 2006. Most of the figures are from
UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys round 3, while some are from
Demographic and Health Surveys