YEAR
GENERAL
Total population (millions)
Percentage under 18/under 5 / 7.7
53%/20% / UN*2006
GDP per capita (US$ PPP) / 795 / UNDP2001
Human Development Index / 161/163 / UNDP2006
Percentage of females aged 14-24 that are literate
Urban/ Rural
North-west/North-east/Central-south / 25
45/10
36/32/20 / MICS2006
Life expectancy at birth (years) / 47 / SOWC 2006
Total Fertility Rate (Average number of births per woman) / 6.3 / MICS2006
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (Percentage of women currently married or in union aged 15-49 years that are using (or whose partner is using) a contraceptive method) / 15 / MICS2006
Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births) / 1044 / MICS2006
HEALTH
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) / 135 / MICS2006
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) / 86 / MICS2006
Percentage of children aged 12-23 months fully immunized, i.e. receiving DPT1-3, OPV-1-3, BCG and measles vaccines before their first birthday / 5 / MICS2006
Percentage of children aged 0-59 months with suspected pneumonia that were taken to an appropriate health provider / 13 / MICS2006
Percentage of households with at least one mosquito net, either permanently treated or treated within the previous year / 12 / MICS2006
Percentage of pregnant women receiving appropriate intermittent medication to prevent malaria / 1 / MICS2006
Antenatal Care (Percentage of women aged 15-49 years that were attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel) / 26 / MICS2006
NUTRITION
Percentage of children under age five that are underweight (measure of acute and chronic malnutrition)
Urban/Rural / 36
23/43 / MICS2006
Percentage of infants aged 0-5 months that are exclusively breastfed
Urban/Rural / 13
9/15 / MICS2006
WATER AND SANITATION
Percentage of household members living in households using improved sources of drinking water
Urban/Rural
North-west/North-east/Central-south / 29
59/11
41/25/26 / MICS2006
Percentage of household members using sanitary means of excreta disposal
Urban/Rural
North-west/North-east/Central-south / 37
78/13
40/44/35 / MICS2006
CHILD PROTECTION
Percentage of children aged 0-59 months whose births are reported registered / 3 / MICS2006
Percentage of children aged 5-14 years that are involved in child labor / 49 / MICS2006
Percentage of women aged 15-49 years favoring the continuation of female genital mutilation/cutting / 65 / MICS2006
Percentage of women aged 15-49 years that reported undergoing any form of genital mutilation/cutting / 98 / MICS2006
HIV and AIDS
Adult HIV Prevalence Rate / .9 / MICS2006
Percentage of women that report being tested for HIV / 3 / MICS2006
EDUCATION
Gross enrollment ratio**
Girls/Boys / 30
24/36 / PSS2007
Percentage of primary school children reaching grade 5 / 56 / 2006MICS
Updated: September 19, 2007
* not yet validated ** excludes Benadir
***this is variable figure depending on season; please refer to more recent FSAU figure
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