Age of data
The table below gives the average age of the latest internationally available data for three key indicators: the under-5 mortality rate, the net primary school enrolment/attendance rate and the percentage of under-5s who are underweight.
The more up-to-date statistics used by most governments and international organizations are often interpolated and/or extrapolated from past surveys. The table shows the number of years that have elapsed, on average, between the last national on-the-ground surveys and the year 1997.
In some cases, governments may have more recent statistics that have not yet been made available to the United Nations.
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Average age of data (in years) on the three social indidicators |
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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
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Benin |
1.7 |
Gambia |
3.0 |
Ethiopia |
5.7 |
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Senegal |
1.7 |
Mozambique |
3.0 |
Rwanda |
5.7 |
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Tanzania |
1.7 |
Burkina Faso |
3.7 |
Cameroon |
6.7 |
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Mali |
2.0 |
Ghana |
3.7 |
Botswana |
7.0 |
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Mauritania |
2.0 |
Zimbabwe |
3.7 |
Chad |
7.3 |
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Mauritius |
2.0 |
Kenya |
4.3 |
Sierra Leone |
8.7 |
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Zambia |
2.0 |
Niger |
4.3 |
Gabon |
10.3 |
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Malawi |
2.3 |
Guinea |
4.7 |
Liberia |
10.3 |
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Central African Rep. |
2.7 |
Nigeria |
4.7 |
Congo |
13.3 |
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Congo, Dem. Rep. |
2.7 |
Togo |
4.7 |
Guinea-Bissau |
13.3 |
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Eritrea |
2.7 |
Lesotho |
5.0 |
Angola |
15.0 |
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Madagascar |
2.7 |
Namibia |
5.0 |
Somalia |
15.0 |
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Uganda |
2.7 |
South Africa |
5.3 |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
3.0 |
Burundi |
5.7 |
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MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AFRICA |
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Egypt |
2.0 |
Turkey |
3.3 |
Kuwait |
6.0 |
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Algeria |
2.7 |
Yemen |
3.3 |
Jordan |
6.7 |
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Iraq |
2.7 |
Morocco |
3.7 |
Libya |
7.3 |
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Oman |
2.7 |
Sudan |
4.0 |
Lebanon |
8.3 |
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Tunisia |
3.0 |
Syria |
4.0 |
Saudi Arabia |
9.7 |
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U. Arab Emirates |
3.0 |
Iran |
4.3 |
Israel |
10.3 |
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CENTRAL ASIA |
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Uzbekistan |
1.7 |
Kyrgyzstan |
6.3 |
Afghanistan |
10.0 |
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Georgia |
6.0 |
Azerbaijan |
8.0 |
Armenia |
11.0 |
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Kazakhstan |
6.3 |
Turkmenistan |
8.3 |
Tajikistan |
11.0 |
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EAST/SOUTH ASIA and PACIFIC |
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Bangladesh |
1.3 |
Mongolia |
4.0 |
China |
8.0 |
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Nepal |
1.7 |
Philippines |
4.0 |
Singapore |
8.0 |
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Australia |
2.0* |
Myanmar |
4.3 |
Korea, Rep. |
9.3 |
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New Zealand |
2.0* |
Pakistan |
4.3 |
Malaysia |
10.0 |
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Japan |
2.5* |
India |
4.7 |
Cambodia |
11.0 |
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Lao Rep. |
3.0 |
Bhutan |
5.7 |
Thailand |
11.7 |
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Viet Nam |
3.0 |
Papua New Guinea |
6.0 |
Korea, Dem. |
13.3 |
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Indonesia |
3.3 |
Sri Lanka |
7.0 |
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AMERICAS |
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Brazil |
1.7 |
Uruguay |
2.7 |
Paraguay |
5.7 |
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Dominican Rep. |
1.7 |
Bolivia |
3.0 |
Cuba |
6.0 |
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Peru |
1.7 |
United States |
3.0* |
Mexico |
6.0 |
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Chile |
2.3 |
Haiti |
3.3 |
Jamaica |
6.3 |
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Costa Rica |
2.3 |
Venezuela |
3.7 |
Panama |
7.0 |
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Canada |
2.5* |
El Salvador |
4.0 |
Ecuador |
7.3 |
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Colombia |
2.7 |
Nicaragua |
4.3 |
Argentina |
7.7 |
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Guatemala |
2.7 |
Honduras |
5.0 |
Trinidad/Tobago |
8.0 |
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EUROPE |
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Latvia |
1.5* |
TFYR Macedonia |
2.0* |
United Kingdom |
2.5* |
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Austria |
2.0* |
Croatia |
2.5* |
Belgium |
3.0* |
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Belarus |
2.0* |
Estonia |
2.5* |
Russian Fed. |
3.0* |
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Bulgaria |
2.0* |
Finland |
2.5* |
Norway |
3.5* |
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Czech Rep. |
2.0* |
France |
2.5* |
Albania |
4.0* |
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Denmark |
2.0* |
Germany |
2.5* |
Yugoslavia |
4.5* |
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Hungary |
2.0* |
Greece |
2.5* |
Lithuania |
8.0* |
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Poland |
2.0* |
Ireland |
2.5* |
Slovakia |
8.0* |
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Romania |
2.0* |
Italy |
2.5* |
Moldova, Rep. |
8.5* |
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Slovenia |
2.0* |
Netherlands |
2.5* |
Ukraine |
9.5* |
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Spain |
2.0* |
Portugal |
2.5* |
Bosnia/Herzegovina |
11.0* |
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Sweden |
2.0* |
Switzerland |
2.5* |
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* Underweight not included.
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