Table 1.
Proportions of children with suspected developmental delay in each studied country for the combined indicator early child development index (ECDI) and each of the domains; countries grouped by world region*
| Domain |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Physical |
95% CI |
Social-emotional |
95% CI |
Learning |
95% CI |
Literacy-numeracy |
95% CI |
ECDI |
95% CI |
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|
Country |
Children with suspected developmental delay (%) |
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|
West and Central Africa: | |||||||||||
|
Benin |
4.9 |
(3.7; 6.0) |
28.5 |
(26.5; 30.5) |
17.3 |
(15.6; 18.9) |
92.4 |
(91.2; 93.7) |
37.8 |
(35.8; 39.8) |
|
|
Cameroon |
2.4 |
(1.5; 3.3) |
31.6 |
(29.5; 33.8) |
13.6 |
(11.7; 15.5) |
83.9 |
(81.5; 86.2) |
36.7 |
(34.3; 39.0) |
|
|
CAR |
3.9 |
(3.0; 4.8) |
42.4 |
(39.4; 45.3) |
22.7 |
(20.5; 24.9) |
92.7 |
(91.1; 94.2) |
51.7 |
(49.0; 54.4) |
|
|
Chad |
16.5 |
(14.8; 18.1) |
40.4 |
(37.8; 43.0) |
45.4 |
(42.5; 48.3) |
94.6 |
(93.5; 95.6) |
67.3 |
(64.7; 70.0) |
|
|
Congo Brazzaville |
2.8 |
(2.0; 3.5) |
36.1 |
(33.3; 38.9) |
14.9 |
(12.8; 16.9) |
86.3 |
(84.3; 88.3) |
39.1 |
(36.0; 42.1) |
|
|
Congo DR |
7.0 |
(5.6; 8.5) |
21.2 |
(18.0; 24.5) |
19.2 |
(16.3; 22.0) |
89.2 |
(87.1; 91.3) |
34.0 |
(30.2; 37.8) |
|
|
Côte d’lvoire |
3.2 |
(2.2; 4.1) |
31.0 |
(28.5; 33.5) |
11.0 |
(8.7; 13.2) |
92.5 |
(90.7; 94.3) |
36.2 |
(33.4; 39.1) |
|
|
Gambia |
2.1 |
(1.4; 2.7) |
31.3 |
(28.7; 33.9) |
4.7 |
(3.6; 5.8) |
87.7 |
(85.4; 89.9) |
30.4 |
(27.8; 32.9) |
|
|
Ghana |
2.6 |
(1.8; 3.4) |
26.6 |
(24.0; 29.1) |
10.6 |
(8.6; 12.5) |
71.6 |
(68.6; 74.6) |
24.9 |
(22.1; 27.6) |
|
|
Guinea |
7.5 |
(6.1; 9.0) |
38.5 |
(36.1; 40.8) |
19.0 |
(16.7; 21.4) |
94.2 |
(92.8; 95.5) |
50.5 |
(47.8; 53.3) |
|
|
Guinea Bissau |
10.5 |
(8.1; 12.8) |
26.5 |
(23.8; 29.3) |
11.5 |
(9.8; 13.1) |
92.4 |
(90.6; 94.3) |
37.7 |
(34.5; 41.0) |
|
|
Mali |
4.6 |
(3.8; 5.4) |
27.1 |
(25.4; 28.9) |
13.1 |
(11.6; 14.5) |
91.4 |
(90.2; 92.7) |
37.1 |
(35.0; 39.1) |
|
|
Mauritania |
7.5 |
(6.2; 8.7) |
33.9 |
(31.4; 36.4) |
18.6 |
(16.4; 20.8) |
72.5 |
(70.2; 74.9) |
38.4 |
(36.1; 40.8) |
|
|
Nigeria |
9.5 |
(8.7; 10.4) |
28.6 |
(27.2; 30.0) |
21.2 |
(19.7; 22.6) |
70.3 |
(68.4; 72.2) |
37.9 |
(36.1; 39.6) |
|
|
São Tome e Príncipe |
4.7 |
(2.7; 6.8) |
37.5 |
(33.6; 41.4) |
19.7 |
(16.4; 23.1) |
84.3 |
(80.9; 87.8) |
45.0 |
(40.6; 49.4) |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
10.7 |
(9.2; 12.2) |
40.8 |
(37.9; 43.7) |
22.2 |
(20.2; 24.3) |
90.5 |
(89.1; 92.0) |
54.0 |
(51.2; 56.8) |
|
|
Togo |
6.6 |
(5.1; 8.2) |
24.3 |
(22.0; 26.7) |
28.6 |
(25.7; 31.4) |
92.3 |
(90.6; 93.9) |
45.2 |
(42.1; 48.2) |
|
|
Eastern and South Africa: | |||||||||||
|
Burundi |
7.4 |
(6.5; 8.4) |
40.6 |
(38.3; 42.9) |
35.9 |
(33.7; 38.1) |
91.3 |
(90.2; 92.4) |
59.2 |
(57.2; 61.3) |
|
|
Eswatini |
6.7 |
(4.9; 8.4) |
34.8 |
(31.1; 38.4) |
4.9 |
(3.1; 6.8) |
82.7 |
(79.8; 85.5) |
33.6 |
(30.2; 37.1) |
|
|
Malawi |
9.5 |
(8.4; 10.7) |
28.2 |
(26.6; 29.8) |
18.8 |
(17.3; 20.3) |
82.8 |
(81.3; 84.2) |
39.1 |
(37.4; 40.9) |
|
|
Rwanda |
4.9 |
(3.9; 5.9) |
17.9 |
(15.5; 20.3) |
13.2 |
(11.5; 14.8) |
92.9 |
(91.6; 94.1) |
28.4 |
(25.9; 30.8) |
|
|
Uganda |
9.4 |
(8.1; 10.7) |
32.3 |
(30.5; 34.2) |
13.3 |
(11.8; 14.8) |
71.0 |
(68.9; 73.1) |
34.8 |
(32.7; 36.8) |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
5.4 |
(4.4; 6.4) |
32.4 |
(30.5; 34.3) |
10.2 |
(8.8; 11.5) |
91.4 |
(90.4; 92.5) |
36.8 |
(35.0; 38.7) |
|
|
Middle East and North Africa: | |||||||||||
|
Algeria |
4.1 |
(3.3; 4.9) |
29.5 |
(27.6; 31.4) |
9.8 |
(8.6; 10.9) |
71.2 |
(69.0; 73.4) |
29.2 |
(27.4; 31.0) |
|
|
Iraq |
5.1 |
(4.4; 5.7) |
22.3 |
(21.0; 23.5) |
10.4 |
(9.4; 11.3) |
82.0 |
(80.5; 83.6) |
27.7 |
(26.3; 29.1) |
|
|
Jordan |
1.1 |
(0.5; 1.6) |
29.0 |
(25.6; 32.3) |
9.2 |
(7.6; 10.8) |
83.6 |
(80.9; 86.2) |
30.4 |
(27.2; 33.6) |
|
|
Qatar |
6.1 |
(3.7; 8.5) |
23.7 |
(19.4; 28.0) |
11.1 |
(7.6; 14.6) |
33.3 |
(27.2; 39.4) |
13.4 |
(9.4; 14.4) |
|
|
State of Palestine |
1.9 |
(0.9; 2.8) |
28.2 |
(26.4; 30.0) |
7.1 |
(6.0; 8.3) |
81.2 |
(79.4; 82.9) |
26.5 |
(24.8; 28.1) |
|
|
Tunisia |
3.1 |
(1.9; 4.3) |
24.3 |
(21.3; 27.4) |
6.3 |
(4.6; 8.1) |
67.5 |
(63.6; 71.5) |
22.1 |
(19.0; 25.1) |
|
|
Europe and Central Asia: | |||||||||||
|
Belarus |
0.6 |
(0.1; 1.1) |
10.3 |
(8.2; 12.3) |
0.0 |
(0.0; 0.0) |
52.2 |
(48.3; 56.1) |
5.4 |
(3.9; 7.0) |
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.3 |
(0.0; 0.6) |
4.6 |
(2.4; 6.7) |
0.9 |
(0.3; 1.5) |
74.5 |
(70.2; 78.9) |
3.3 |
(1.5; 5.1) |
|
|
Kazakhstan |
0.5 |
(0.0; 1.1) |
17.0 |
(14.4; 19.5) |
1.8 |
(0.9; 2.7) |
72.8 |
(69.9; 75.7) |
13.1 |
(10.5; 15.6) |
|
|
Kosovo |
1.1 |
(0.0; 2.7) |
15.5 |
(12.5; 18.5) |
3.0 |
(1.2; 4.9) |
82.6 |
(78.7; 86.5) |
15.8 |
(13.0; 18.7) |
|
|
Kyrgyzstan |
2.3 |
(1.1; 3.4) |
16.1 |
(14.0; 18.2) |
6.2 |
(4.1; 8.2) |
86.1 |
(83.7; 88.5) |
19.7 |
(17.1; 22.3) |
|
|
Macedonia |
0.0 |
(0.0; 0.1) |
8.8 |
(6.0; 11.5) |
1.4 |
(0.4; 2.5) |
57.1 |
(51.9; 62.4) |
6.9 |
(4.4; 9.5) |
|
|
Moldova |
0.4 |
(0.0; 1.1) |
20.4 |
(16.9; 23.9) |
0.3 |
(0.0; 1.0) |
70.7 |
(66.9; 74.6) |
15.0 |
(11.9; 18.2) |
|
|
Montenegro |
0.0 |
(0.0; 0.0) |
5.1 |
(2.7; 7.4) |
1.0 |
(0.0; 2.4) |
78.8 |
(73.9; 83.7) |
4.4 |
(2.3; 6.5) |
|
|
Turkmenistan |
0.3 |
(0.0; 0.9) |
5.4 |
(3.9; 6.8) |
2.6 |
(1.0; 4.3) |
82.7 |
(79.5; 85.9) |
7.7 |
(6.0; 9.4) |
|
|
Ukraine |
0.5 |
(0.0; 1.1) |
16.0 |
(13.3; 18.7) |
1.3 |
(0.6; 2.0) |
54.3 |
(49.7; 58.9) |
9.3 |
(7.3; 11.3) |
|
|
South Asia: | |||||||||||
|
Bangladesh |
7.3 |
(6.3; 8.2) |
31.3 |
(30.0; 32.7) |
12.0 |
(11.0; 13.1) |
79.6 |
(78.2; 80.9) |
35.4 |
(33.9; 36.8) |
|
|
Bhutan |
1.8 |
(1.1; 2.5) |
29.6 |
(27.1; 32.2) |
6.1 |
(4.7; 7.4) |
75.0 |
(72.2; 77.8) |
27.4 |
(24.7; 30.0) |
|
|
Nepal |
3.5 |
(2.5; 4.6) |
31.4 |
(28.7; 34.0) |
17.8 |
(14.6; 21.1) |
71.7 |
(68.0; 75.4) |
35.1 |
(31.4; 38.8) |
|
|
East Asia and Pacific: | |||||||||||
|
Cambodia |
3.5 |
(2.5; 4.4) |
25.6 |
(23.4; 27.8) |
10.2 |
(8.7; 11.7) |
72.9 |
(70.1; 75.7) |
26.6 |
(24.3; 29.0) |
|
|
Lao |
1.8 |
(1.3; 2.3) |
14.7 |
(13.3; 16.2) |
6.1 |
(4.8; 7.3) |
80.1 |
(78.1; 82.2) |
18.4 |
(16.8; 20.1) |
|
|
Mongolia |
0.6 |
(0.0; 1.1) |
23.8 |
(21.8; 25.8) |
1.7 |
(1.0; 2.4) |
91.5 |
(90.1; 92.9) |
23.2 |
(21.2; 25.1) |
|
|
Thailand |
1.5 |
(0.1; 2.8) |
20.0 |
(17.4; 22.6) |
0.4 |
(0.0; 0.9) |
28.0 |
(25.1; 31.0) |
6.7 |
(5.3; 8.2) |
|
|
Vietnam |
2.4 |
(1.1; 3.8) |
7.6 |
(5.5; 9.8) |
4.8 |
(3.1; 6.4) |
71.9 |
(68.5; 75.4) |
10.0 |
(7.8; 12.2) |
|
|
Latin America and the Caribbean: | |||||||||||
|
Argentina |
1.5 |
(0.8; 2.3) |
18.2 |
(16.2; 20.3) |
2.1 |
(1.2; 3.0) |
58.4 |
(55.5; 61.3) |
13.2 |
(11.4; 15.0) |
|
|
Barbados |
0.0 |
- |
19.6 |
(14.1; 25.0) |
0.2 |
(0.0; 0.6) |
8.7 |
(4.5; 13.0) |
3.2 |
(0.4; 5.9) |
|
|
Belize |
1.8 |
(0.2; 3.5) |
22.6 |
(19.3; 25.8) |
4.8 |
(2.4; 7.2) |
46.2 |
(41.2; 51.1) |
15.6 |
(12.7; 18.6) |
|
|
Costa Rica |
1.1 |
(0.2; 1.9) |
20.4 |
(16.0; 24.9) |
0.4 |
(0.0; 0.8) |
74.3 |
(68.2; 80.5) |
18.2 |
(13.7; 22.6) |
|
|
Cuba |
0.2 |
(0.0; 0.9) |
10.8 |
(8.0; 13.5) |
1.8 |
(0.0; 4.7) |
79.2 |
(72.6; 85.7) |
9.9 |
(7.0; 12.9) |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
2.0 |
(1.3; 2.7) |
14.9 |
(13.6; 16.2) |
2.0 |
(1.4; 2.7) |
79.4 |
(77.8; 81.0) |
14.5 |
(13.2; 15.8) |
|
|
El Salvador |
2.1 |
(1.3; 2.8) |
19.3 |
(17.4; 21.1) |
2.4 |
(1.3; 3.4) |
81.6 |
(79.3; 83.9) |
18.2 |
(16.4; 19.9) |
|
|
Guyana |
1.7 |
(0.7; 2.6) |
25.0 |
(22.1; 27.9) |
3.5 |
(2.0; 5.0) |
33.5 |
(30.1; 36.9) |
11.4 |
(9.1; 13.7) |
|
|
Jamaica |
1.3 |
(0.2; 2.5) |
21.3 |
(17.0; 25.5) |
2.7 |
(1.3; 4.2) |
33.5 |
(27.9; 39.1) |
10.0 |
(7.3; 12.7) |
|
|
Mexico |
0.6 |
(0.0; 1.3) |
21.1 |
(18.2; 23.9) |
1.3 |
(0.7; 1.9) |
78.2 |
(74.7; 81.7) |
17.3 |
(14.7; 19.9) |
|
|
Panama |
0.7 |
(0.2; 1.1) |
18.6 |
(15.1; 22.0) |
3.7 |
(2.3; 5.1) |
81.2 |
(77.6; 84.7) |
18.9 |
(15.6; 22.3) |
|
|
Paraguay |
1.2 |
(0.3; 2.1) |
17.9 |
(15.5; 20.3) |
3.1 |
(1.6; 4.5) |
77.2 |
(74.2; 80.2) |
17.2 |
(14.7; 19.7) |
|
|
St Lucia |
1.1 |
(0.0; 3.2) |
12.8 |
(6.4; 19.2) |
1.2 |
(0.0; 3.0) |
23.4 |
(13.4; 33.3) |
6.9 |
(1.7; 12.1) |
|
|
Suriname |
2.1 |
(1.3; 3.0) |
32.6 |
(29.1; 36.0) |
2.8 |
(1.7; 3.9) |
79.1 |
(75.8; 82.5) |
28.7 |
(25.4; 32.0) |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
1.6 |
(0.4; 2.8) |
20.1 |
(15.8; 24.4) |
3.0 |
(1.1; 4.8) |
17.2 |
(12.9; 21.5) |
6.0 |
(3.2; 8.8) |
|
| Uruguay | 2.1 |
(0.0; 4.3) | 19.8 | (12.0; 27.6) | 1.8 | (0.0; 3.8) | 50.1 | (40.8; 59.4) | 12.7 | (6.0; 19.4) | |
CI – confidence interval, ECDI – early child development index
*Source: MICS and DHS surveys, 2010-2016.