UNICEF Data UNICEF Data: Monitoring the situation of children and women

Indicator profiles

These pages provide a centralized repository of metadata describing several key indicators used to monitor children’s well-being globally. The metadata includes definitions, data sources, methodologies and classifications, serving as an essential resource for researchers, policymakers and advocates seeking to understand and leverage the data that underpin UNICEF’s efforts to track progress and inform policy across various aspects of child health and well-being.

Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age

Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause

Proportion of children covered by social protection

Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographic location (urban/rural)

Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age

Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable

Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services

Children living in households with income below the national poverty line (as a % of all children)

Income distribution

Children experiencing five moderate deprivations

Children with four or more (cumulative) deprivations

Children with five or more (cumulative) deprivations

Children experiencing one severe deprivation

Children experiencing two severe deprivations

Children experiencing three severe deprivations

Children experiencing four severe deprivations

Children experiencing five severe deprivations

Percentage of children (aged 1-14 years) who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers

Children in detention

Percentage of women (aged 18-29 years) who experienced sexual violence by age 18

Percentage of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15 years and older) subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

Women and girls aged 15 and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months

Children in residential care

Percentage of children under age 5 who have 3 or more children's books

Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months

Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live

Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation

Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms

Percentage of children aged 2-17 years with any functional difficulty in at least one domain

Proportion of population with access to electricity

Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology

Proportion of individuals using the Internet

Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)

Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

Proportion of children and young people c) at the end of lower secondary educationachieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (ii) mathematics

Proportion of children and young people: (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex

Proportion of children and young people c) at the end of lower secondary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading

Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age

Average number of pupils per mathematics textbook in primary education

Average number of pupils per reading textbook in primary education

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law

Estimated rate of annual AIDS-related deaths (per 100,000 population)

Estimated number of new HIV infections

Estimated incidence rate (new HIV infection per 1,000 uninfected population)

Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes

Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV

Per cent of pregnant women presenting at ANC who were tested for HIV or already knew their HIV positive status

Reported number of pregnant women presenting at antenatal clinics (ANC) who were tested for HIV or already knew their HIV positive status

Per cent of young people (aged 15-24 years) who had more than one sexual partner in the past 12 months reporting the use of a condom during their last sexual intercourse

Per cent of young people (aged 15-24 years) who had sex with a non-marital, non-cohabitating partner in the past 12 months reporting the use of a condom during their last sexual intercourse

Per cent of young people (aged 15-24 years) with comprehensive, correct knowledge of HIV

Per cent of people (aged 15-49 years) expressing discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV

Percentage of pregnant women attending antenatal care who were tested for HIV during their pregnancy and received the results

Percentage of newborns protected at birth against tetanus with tetanus toxoid

IPTp for pregnant women – percentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who received three or more doses of intermittent preventive treatment during antenatal care visits during their last pregnancy

ITN use by children – percentage of children (under age 5) who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night prior to the survey

Household with insecticide treated net (ITN) and/or indoor residual spraying (IRS) – percentage of households with at least one ITN for every two persons and/or IRS in the past 12 months

Percentage of households with at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN)

Pregnant women sleeping under ITN – percentage of pregnant women (aged 15-49 years) who slept under an insecticide-treated net the previous night

Malaria, first line treatment – percentage of febrile children (under age 5) receiving ACT (first line antimalarial drug), among those receiving any antimalarial drugs

Careseeking for febrile children – percentage of children (under age 5) with fever for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Malaria diagnostics – percentage of febrile children (under age 5) who had a finger or heel stick for malaria testing

Diarrhoea treatment – percentage of children (under age 5) with diarrhoea who received ORT (oral rehydration salts or recommended homemade fluids or increased fluids) and continued feeding

Careseeking for ARI – percentage of children (under age 5) with acute respiratory infection symptoms whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Diarrhoea treatment – percentage of children (under age 5) with diarrhoea who received zinc

C-section rate – percentage of deliveries by cesarean section

Postnatal care for newborns – percentage of newborns who have a postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery

Postnatal care for mothers – percentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who received postnatal care within 2 days of giving birth

Skilled birth attendant – Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods – percentage of women (aged 15-49 years)

Life expectancy at birth – number of years newborn female children would live if subject to the mortality risks prevailing for the cross section of population at the time of their birth (estimated)

Percentage of adolescents (aged 15-19 years) who had at least one alcoholic drink at any time during the last 12 months

Percentage of adolescents (aged 13-15 years) who smoked cigarettes or used smoked or smokeless tobacco products at any time during the last month

Malaria incidence per 1,000 population

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution

Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older

Coverage of essential health services

Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child-health interventions

Proportion of adolescent girls and young women aged 15-19 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

Internally displaced persons

Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers, by country of asylum

Asylum seekers, by country of destination

International migrants, by country of destination

International migrants, by country of origin

Refugees, by country of asylum

Refugees, by country of origin

Net migration rate

Percentage of households with results flagged as not tested

Percentage of households with results flagged as missing

Percentage of households with results flagged as system missing

Percentage of households with no salt

Percentage of households with results flagged as undetermined

Height-for-age <-2 SD (Stunting), Survey Estimates

Height-for-age <-1 SD, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age >+1 SD, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age >+2 SD, Survey Estimates

Mean Height-for-age, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age (Standard Deviation), Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age >+1 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age (>+2 SD), Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age (>+3 SD), Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age (Standard Deviation), Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height <-2 SD (wasting), Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height <-1 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+1 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+2 SD (overweight), Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+3 SD, Survey Estimates

Mean Weight-for-height, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height (Standard Deviation), Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age <-3 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age <-2 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age <-1 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age >+1 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age >+2 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age >+3 SD, Survey Estimates

Mean BMI-for-age, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age (Standard Deviation), Survey Estimates

Height-for-age <-2SD & Weight-for-height <-2SD, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age <-3SD & Weight-for-height >+2SD, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age <-3SD & Weight-for-height <-2SD, Survey Estimates

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

Continued Breastfeeding (12-15 months)

Weaned (0 – 23 months)

Breastfeeding and Plain Water (0-23 months)

Predominantly breastfeeding (children aged 0 to 5 months)

Introduction to solid, semi-solid foods (6-8 months)

Introduction to Solid, Semi-Solid Foods (Based on Number of Times Fed, 6 to 8 months)

Minimum Meal Frequency (Breastfeeding, 6 to 23 months)

Minimum Meal Frequency (Non-Breastfeeding, 6 to 23 months)

Minimum Meal Frequency (6-23 months)

Minimum Acceptable Diet (Breastfeeding, 6 to 23 months)

Breastmilk and Complementary Feeding (0-23 months)

Anaemia prevalence in women of reproductive age

Anaemia prevalence in women aged 15-19

Height-for-age <-2SD but weight-for-height ≥-2SD and weight-for-height ≤2SD (Survey Estimates)

Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 standard deviations below the median (crude estimate)

Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (crude estimate)

Food group- Grains, roots, tubers and plantains (6-23months)

Food group- Pulses (beans, peas, lentils), nuts and seeds (6-23months)

Food group- Vitamin-A rich fruits and vegetables (6-23months)

Food group- Other fruits and vegetables (6-23months)

Food group- Flesh foods (meat, poultry, fish and organ meats) (6-23months)

Food group- Dairy (milk, infant formula, yogurt, cheese) (6-23months)

Food group- Breastmilk (6-23months)

Zero vegetable or fruit consumption (6-23months)

Infant formula consumption

Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the adult population

Weight-for-height <-2SD but height-for-age ≥-2SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+2SD but height-for-age ≥-2SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+2 SD (overweight), Modeled Estimates

Mixed Milk Feeding (0-5 months)

Prevalence of thinness among children aged 10-19 years, BMI < -2 standard deviations below the median (Crude estimate)

Prevalence of overweight among children aged 10-19 years, BMI > +1 standard deviations above the median (Crude estimate)

Weight-for-height >+2 SD (Overweight) Modeled Estimates, Numbers Affected

BMI-for-age <-1 SD and ≥ -2 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age <-2 SD and ≥ -3 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age >+1 SD and ≤+2 SD, Survey Estimates

BMI-for-age >+2 SD and ≤+3 SD, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age <-1 SD and ≥ -2 SD (Mild Stunting only), Survey Estimates

Height-for-age <-2 SD and ≥ -3 SD (Moderate Stunting only), Survey Estimates

Height-for-age >+1 SD and ≤+2 SD, Survey Estimates

Height-for-age >+2 SD and ≤+3 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age <-1 SD and ≥ -2 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age <-2 SD and ≥ -3 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age >+1 SD and ≤+2 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age >+2 SD and ≤+3 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+2 SD and ≤+3 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height <-2 SD and ≥ -3 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height >+1 SD and ≤+2 SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-height <-1 SD and ≥ -2 SD, Survey Estimates

Children with a birth weight from card

Children with a birth weight from recall

Children with a birth weight

Weight-for-age <-2SD & Weight-for-height <-2SD, Survey Estimates

Weight-for-age <-3SD & Weight-for-height <-2SD, Survey Estimates

Severe food poverty

Moderate food poverty

Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 (Modeled Estimates)

Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 (Age-standardized estimate)

Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 (Crude estimate)

Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services

Proportion of population using basic sanitation services

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services

Proportion of population practising open defecation