Table 3.
Regional and international progress towards selected Millennium Development Goals, Sub‐Saharan Africa and All Developing Regions, values weighted by population size (25)
| Sub‐Saharan Africa | All developing regions | |
|---|---|---|
| MDG I: eliminate extreme poverty and hunger | ||
| Indicator 1.1: reduce by half the % population living on <US$1/day – methodology was changed, so the available indicator presented is the % of employed people living below $1 (PPP) a day | ||
| 1990 (% of population) | 55.5 | 30.6 |
| 2007 (% of population) | 51.4 | 20.4 |
| % change | −7 | −33 |
| Indicator 1.8: reduce by half the % under‐fives suffering from underweight | ||
| ∼1990 value (% of population) | 32 | 33 |
| ∼2006 value (% of population) | 28 | 26 |
| % change | −13 | −21 |
| MDG IV: reduce mortality among children less than 5 years | ||
| Indicator 4.2: Reduce by 2/3 the mortality rate among children <5 years | ||
| ∼1990 value (deaths/1000 live births) | 184 | 103 |
| ∼2006 value (deaths/1000 live births) | 157 | 80 |
| % change | −15 | −22 |
| Indicator 4.3: increase the % of infants immunized against measles (goal not cited) | ||
| ∼1990 value (% of population) | 56 | 71 |
| Recent value (% of population) | 72 | 78 |
| % change | 29 | 10 |
MDG, Millennium Development Goal.