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Men who own land both alone and jointly (% of men): Q5 (highest)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDAJ.MA.Q5.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land both alone and jointly (% of men): Q5 (highest) is the percentage of men who both solely and jointly with someone else own a land which is legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature. "Both alone and jointly" Implies a man owns a land alone and another land jointly with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
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Men who own land jointly (% of men)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDJT.MA.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land jointly (% of men) is the percentage of men who only jointly own a land, which legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature, with someone else. "Only jointly" implies the man doesn’t own a land on his own, but instead jointly owns one with someone else.
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Men who own land jointly (% of men): Q1 (lowest)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDJT.MA.Q1.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land jointly (% of men): Q1 (lowest) is the percentage of men who only jointly own a land, which legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature, with someone else. "Only jointly" implies the man doesn’t own a land on his own, but instead jointly owns one with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
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Men who own land jointly (% of men): Q2
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDJT.MA.Q2.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land jointly (% of men): Q2 is the percentage of men who only jointly own a land, which legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature, with someone else. "Only jointly" implies the man doesn’t own a land on his own, but instead jointly owns one with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
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Men who own land jointly (% of men): Q3
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDJT.MA.Q3.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land jointly (% of men): Q3 is the percentage of men who only jointly own a land, which legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature, with someone else. "Only jointly" implies the man doesn’t own a land on his own, but instead jointly owns one with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
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Men who own land jointly (% of men): Q4
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDJT.MA.Q4.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land jointly (% of men): Q4 is the percentage of men who only jointly own a land, which legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature, with someone else. "Only jointly" implies the man doesn’t own a land on his own, but instead jointly owns one with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
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Men who own land jointly (% of men): Q5 (highest)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SG.OWN.LDJT.MA.Q5.ZSDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
DescriptionMen who own land jointly (% of men): Q5 (highest) is the percentage of men who only jointly own a land, which legally registered with their name or cannot be sold without their signature, with someone else. "Only jointly" implies the man doesn’t own a land on his own, but instead jointly owns one with someone else. Each wealth quintile represents one fifth of households with quintile 1 being the poorest 20 percent of households and quintile 5 being the richest 20 percent of households.
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Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.DYN.IMRT.FE.INEstimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
DescriptionInfant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
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Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.DYN.IMRT.MA.INEstimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
DescriptionInfant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.
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Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.DYN.MORT.FEEstimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
DescriptionUnder-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.DYN.MORT.MAEstimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
DescriptionUnder-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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Net intake rate in grade 1, female (% of official school-age population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.NINT.FE.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.
DescriptionNet intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
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Net intake rate in grade 1, male (% of official school-age population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.NINT.MA.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.
DescriptionNet intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
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Number of maternal deaths
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.MMR.DTHSWHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division. Trends in maternal mortality estimates 2000 to 2023. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2025
DescriptionA maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.
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People practicing open defecation (% of population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.ODFC.ZSWHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
DescriptionPeople practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.
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People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.ODFC.RU.ZSWHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
DescriptionPeople practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.
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People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.ODFC.UR.ZSWHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
DescriptionPeople practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.
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Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.PRS5.FE.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionPersistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
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Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SE.PRM.PRS5.MA.ZSUNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.
DescriptionPersistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
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Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.0014.TO.ZSUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionPopulation between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.
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Population ages 0-14, female
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.0014.FE.INWorld Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionFemale population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.1564.TO.ZSUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionTotal population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population ages 15-64, female
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.1564.FE.INWorld Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionFemale population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population ages 15-64, male
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.1564.MA.INWorld Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionMale population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population ages 15-64, total
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.1564.TOWorld Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionTotal population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZSUnited Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionPopulation ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population ages 65 and above, female
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.65UP.FE.INWorld Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionFemale population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population, female
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.TOTL.FE.INWorld Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionFemale population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population, female (% of total population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZSWorld Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.
DescriptionFemale population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Population, total
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SP.POP.TOTL(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; (4) United Nations Statistics Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years).
DescriptionTotal population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SI.POV.DDAYWorld Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.
DescriptionPoverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
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Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SI.POV.NAHCWorld Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
DescriptionNational poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
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Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.ANVC.ZSUNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.
DescriptionPregnant women receiving prenatal care are the percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.
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Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.ANM.ALLW.ZSWorld Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics.
DescriptionPrevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age refers to the combined prevalence of both non-pregnant with haemoglobin levels below 12 g/dL and pregnant women with haemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.
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Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.PRV.SMOK.FEWorld Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
DescriptionThe percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.
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Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.PRV.SMOK.MAWorld Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
DescriptionThe percentage of the male population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.
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Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.HIV.1524.FE.ZSUNAIDS estimates.
DescriptionPrevalence of HIV, female is the percentage of females who are infected with HIV. Youth rates are as a percentage of the relevant age group.
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Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.HIV.1524.MA.ZSUNAIDS estimates.
DescriptionPrevalence of HIV, male is the percentage of males who are infected with HIV. Youth rates are as a percentage of the relevant age group.
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Prevalence of obesity, female (% of female population ages 18+)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.OB18.FE.ZSWorld Health Organization (WHO):Global Health Observatory Data Repository
DescriptionPrevalence of obesity adult is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is 30 kg/m² or higher. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
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Prevalence of obesity, male (% of male population ages 18+)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.OB18.MA.ZSWorld Health Organization (WHO): Global Health Observatory Data Repository
DescriptionPrevalence of obesity adult is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is 30 kg/m² or higher. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
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Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.OWAD.FE.ZSWorld Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
DescriptionPrevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
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Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.OWAD.MA.ZSWorld Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
DescriptionPrevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.OWGH.FE.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.OWGH.MA.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.SVR.WAST.FE.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of severe wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.
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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.SVR.WAST.MA.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of severe wasting, male, is the proportion of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.
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Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.STNT.FE.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.STNT.MA.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.MALN.FE.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)
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Database NameGender Statistics
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SH.STA.MALN.MA.ZSUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
DescriptionPrevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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