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. 2023 Jun 7;9:e45236. doi: 10.2196/45236

Table 1.

Survey characteristics of the Global School-based Student Health Surveys of adolescents aged 12 years to 15 years by country, 2003-2017.

Country Survey year Total survey sample, N Response rate, n (%)
Africa

Benin 2016 712 625 (87.8)

Botswana 2005 1391 1016 (73.0)

Eswatini


2003 6664 4558 (68.4)


2013 1314 1089 (82.9)

Ghana


2007 4235 2520 (59.5)


2012 1330 861 (64.7)

Liberia 2017 529 298 (56.3)

Malawi 2009 2185 1649 (75.5)

Mauritania 2010 1272 865 (68.0)

Mauritius


2011 2071 2032 (98.1)


2017 1946 1515 (77.9)

Mozambique 2015 652 445 (68.3)

Namibia


2004 4492 2226 (49.6)


2013 1918 1385 (72.2)

Senegal 2005 2633 2096 (79.6)

Seychelles


2007 1146 861 (75.1)


2015 2060 1535 (74.5)

Sierra Leone 2017 1835 1101 (60)

Tanzania 2014 2590 1979 (76.4)

Uganda 2003 1868 1238 (66.3)

Zambia 2004 1315 382 (29)

Zimbabwe 2003 3877 2569 (66.3)
Americas

Anguilla


2009 696 546 (78.4)


2016 571 448 (78.4)

Antigua and Barbuda 2009 1198 1028 (85.8)

Argentina


2007 1523 1292 (84.8)


2012 21,620 18,031 (83.4)

Bahamas 2013 1304 1034 (79.3)

Barbados 2011 1502 1240 (82.6)

Belize 2011 1597 1345 (84.2)

Bolivia 2012 2761 2318 (83.9)

British Virgin Islands 2009 1191 1008 (84.6)

Cayman 2007 1265 915 (72.3)

Chile 2013 1342 1182 (88.1)

Colombia 2007 7963 7187 (90.3)

Costa Rica 2009 2259 2023 (89.6)

Curaçao 2015 1491 1261 (84.6)

Dominica 2009 1308 1047 (80)

Ecuador 2007 4508 3711 (82.3)

El Salvador 2013 1600 1438 (89.9)

Grenada 2008 1296 1018 (78.5)

Guatemala


2009 4461 4002 (89.7)


2015 3591 2880 (80.2)

Guyana


2004 1060 855 (80.7)


2010 1958 1519 (77.6)

Honduras 2012 1474 1253 (85)

Jamaica 2017 1057 885 (83.7)

Paraguay 2017 1972 1720 (87.2)

Peru 2010 2350 2260 (96.2)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2011 1463 1206 (82.4)

Saint Lucia 2007 1070 926 (86.5)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2007 1184 956 (80.7)

Suriname


2009 1043 934 (89.5)


2016 1448 1300 (89.8)

Trinidad and Tobago


2011 2352 1961 (83.4)


2017 2749 2205 (80.2)

Uruguay


2006 2876 2542 (88.4)


2012 2855 2587 (90.6)

Venezuela 2003 3901 3052 (78.2)
Eastern Mediterranean

Djibouti 2007 961 655 (68.2)
Europe

Macedonia 2007 1538 1364 (88.7)

Tajikistan 2006 7457 5789 (77.6)
Southeast Asia

Bhutan 2016 3268 2873 (87.9)

Indonesia


2007 3013 2784 (92.4)


2015 11,063 6992 (63.2)

Nepal 2015 4565 3392 (74.3)

Thailand


2008 2671 2309 (86.4)


2015 4120 3399 (82.5)

Timor-Leste 2015 2053 961 (46.8)
Western Pacific

Brunei Darussalam 2014 1822 1611 (88.4)

Cambodia 2013 1809 1471 (81.3)

Fiji


2010 1491 1229 (82.4)


2016 1512 1184 (78.3)

French Polynesia 2015 1898 1678 (88.4)

Kiribati 2011 1337 1155 (86.4)

Lao People's Democratic Republic 2015 1636 1453 (88.8)

Malaysia 2011 16,248 13,880 (85.4)

Mongolia 2013 3695 3303 (89.4)

Nauru 2011 361 218 (60.4)

Samoa


2011 2153 676 (31.4)


2017 1054 707 (67.1)

Vanuatu


2011 844 782 (92.7)


2016 1278 900 (70.4)

Tuvalu 2013 675 455 (67.4)

Viet Nam 2013 1743 1605 (92.1)

Wallis and Futuna 2015 713 601 (84.3)
All countries combined

More than 1 survey a 107,528 80,646 (75)

Most recent survey 182,051 145,277 (79.8)

aNot applicable.