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. 2020 Jul 21;112(Suppl 2):894S–904S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa153

TABLE 1.

Trends in demographic, economic, and other contextual factors for exemplar countries1

Nepal Peru Senegal Kyrgyz Republic Ethiopia
Indicator 2000 2016 CAGR, % 2000 2016 CAGR, % 1992 2017 CAGR, % 2000 2016 CAGR, % 2000 2016 CAGR, %
Total population (millions) 23.7 29.0 1.3 25.9 31.8 1.3 8.0 15.9 2.8 4.9 6.1 1.4 66.5 102.4 2.7
Population growth (annual %) 1.9 1.1 −3.0 1.4 1.3 −0.5 3.0 2.8 −0.3 1.2 2.1 3.6 2.9 2.5 −0.9
Urban population (% of total) 13.4 19.0 2.2 73.0 77.5 0.4 39.2 46.7 0.7 35.3 35.9 0.1 14.7 19.9 1.9
Human Development Index 0.446 0.558 (2015) 1.5 0.677 0.74 (2015) 0.6 0.37 (1995) 0.51 1.5 0.593 0.664 (2015) 0.8 0.283 0.457 3.0
Households with piped water access, % 35.4 (2001) 51.4 2.5 72.3 78.9 (2012) 0.7 46.8 68.8 1.6 74.5 (1997) 82.1 (2012) 0.7 17.6 32.0 3.8
Open defecation (% engaging in) 66.9 24.0 −6.2 18.3 7.1 −5.8 38.9 14.9 −3.8 0.1 0 −100.0 79.1 25.6 −6.8
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 1215.0 2642.0 5.0 5115.1 13,404.2 6.2 1559.2 3556.1 3.4 1650.8 3567.8 4.9 494.3 1746.2 8.2
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) 1220.0 2680.0 5.0 5000.0 12,850.0 6.1 1530.0 3460.0 3.3 1550.0 3380.0 5.0 490.0 1740.0 8.2
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90/d (2011 PPP) (% of population) 14.5 (2003) 3.1 (2010) −19.8 16.7 3.0 (2015) −10.8 68.4 (1991) 38.0 (2011) −2.9 42.2 2.5 (2015) −17.2 61.2 (1999) 27.3 (2015) 6.2
Total unemployment (% of total labour force) 1.8 3.1 3.5 7.3 6.7 −0.5 5.7 (2002) 6.9 (2015) 1.6 7.5 7.2 −0.3 3.7 (1999) 2.3 (2013) 6.7
Total health expenditure (% of GDP) 3.6 6.2 (2015) 3.7 4.8 5.5 (2014) 0.9 4.6 (2000) 3.9 (2015) −1.0 4.7 6.5 (2014) 2.3 4.4 4.0 −0.6
Public health expenditure (% of GDP) 1.4 2.3 (2014) 3.6 2.7 3.3 (2014) 1.4 36.7 (2000)2 31.7 (2015) −1.0 2.1 3.6 (2014) 3.9 41.22 27.6 −2.5
Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of total health expenditure) 55.8 60.4 (2014) 0.6 36.4 28.6 (2014) −1.7 54.0 (2000) 44.2 (2015) −1.3 49.8 39.4 (2014) −1.7 36.0 37.4 0.2
Net ODA received (current US$) (millions) 386.4 1065.9 6.6 401.6 331.8 −1.2 662.4 736.4 (2016) 0.7 214.7 769.0 8.3 10.3 39.8 8.8
Age at first marriage (median, women aged 20–49 y) 17.0 (2001) 18.1 0.4 21.4 21.6 (2012) 0.08 16.6 19.7 (2015) 1.2 20.4 (1997) 20.6 (2012) 0.07 16.4 17.5 0.4
Child marriage (% women 20–24 y married by age 18) 56.1 (2001) 39.5 −2.3 18.7 18.6 (2014) −0.04 47.7 31.5 (2016) −2.6 21.2 (1997) 11.6 (2014) −3.5 49.1 41.0 (2011) −1.2
Fertility rate (average births per woman) 4.0 2.1 −3.9 2.9 2.4 (2015) −1.3 6.0 4.6 −1.1 2.4 3.2 (2015) 1.9 5.9 4.6 −1.5
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) 11.9 58.0 10.4 59.0 90.0 (2014) 3.1 47.2 68.4 1.5 98.6 98.4 (2014) −0.01 5.6 15.5 (2014) 7.5
Antenatal care ≥4 visits (% of mothers) 14.3 (2001) 69.4 (2016) 11.1 68.5 94.4 (2012) 2.7 14.0 57.0 5.8 No data 83.6 (2012) N/A 10.0 32.0 7.5
Adolescent fertility rate (births/1000 girls aged 15–19 y) 113.9 62.1 −3.7 65.0 48.0 (2015) −2.0 127.0 78.0 −1.9 45.9 39.2 (2015) −1.1 110.1 64.9 −3.3
Adult literacy rate (% of adults aged ≥15 y) 48.6 (2001) 59.6 (2011) 2.1 87.7 (2004) 94.2 0.6 39.3 (2002) 51.9 1.9 no data 99.2 (2009) N/A 35.9 (2004) 39.0 (2007) 2.8
Female adult literacy rate (% of females aged ≥15 y) 34.9 (2001) 48.8 (2011) 3.4 82.1 (2004) 91.2 0.9 29.3 (2002) 39.8 2.1 no data 99.0 (2009) N/A 22.8 (2004) 28.9 (2007) 8.2
Female youth literacy rate (% of females aged 15–24 y) 60.1 (2001) 80.2 (2011) 2.9 95.7 (2004) 98.7 0.3 41.0 (2002) 63.5 3.0 no data 99.8 (2009) N/A 38.5 (2004) 47.0 (2007) 6.9
Gender Inequality Index (0–1; closer to 1 is higher inequality) 0.670 0.497 (2015) −2.0 0.440 (2005) 0.385 (2015) −1.3 0.64 (1995) 0.52 −0.9 0.476 0.394 (2015) −1.3 0.6 (2005) 0.5 −1.6
Gender Development Index 0.769 0.925 (2015) 1.2 0.921 0.949 0.2 0.781 (1995) 0.911 0.7 0.959 0.960 0.01 0.7 0.9 1.6
Density of physicians (per 1000) 0.052 (2001) 0.598 (2014) 20.7 1.166 (1999) 1.116 (2012) −0.3 0.07 0.07 (2016) 0.0 2.8 1.9 (2014) −2.7 0.021 0.022 (2010) 0.5
Density of nurses and midwives (per 1000) 0.469 (2004) 2.041 (2014) 15.8 0.669 (1999) 1.299 (2012) 5.2 0.3 (2004) 0.31 (2016) 0.3 5.5 (2008) 6.0 (2013) 1.8 0.215 (2003) 0.236 (2010) 1.3
Child wasting, % 11.3 (2001) 9.7 −1.0 1.1 1.0 −0.6 9.0 7.2 (2016) −0.9 2.9 2.8 −0.2 12.4 9.9 −1.4
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Sources: World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. CAGR, compound annual growth rate; GDP, gross domestic product; GNI, gross national income; N/A, not applicable; ODA, official development assistance; PPP, purchasing power parity.

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This indicator is domestic general government health expenditure (percentage of current health expenditure).