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