Children with Functional Difficulties

Every edition in one file, one row per country per edition: child-disability-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

Every column in the newest file of Children with Functional Difficulties: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2024	Distinct	Empty	Spread
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	62	0
CountrycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	62	0
Survey yearreference_yearReading year	The year this country’s reading describes. Readings from different years sit side by side.	Year	—	8	0
Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%)child_disabilityHeadline	The headline figure: Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%).	Number · up to 1 decimal	0.9North Korea35.2Afghanistanmiddle 13.0	56	0
Girls (%)femaleWomen	The same measure, for women.	Number · whole numbers	—	0	62
Boys (%)maleMen	The same measure, for men.	Number · whole numbers	—	0	62

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

One edition, covering 62 countries.

Not in this dataset · 163 places this site covers

UNICEF gives no figure for these in any edition held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AlbaniaAmerican SamoaAndorraAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelgiumBelizeBermudaBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsChannel IslandsChileChinaColombiaCook IslandsCôte d’IvoireCroatiaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaEcuadorEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFaroe IslandsFinlandFranceFrench PolynesiaGabonGermanyGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuamGuatemalaGuineaHaitiHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitLatviaLebanonLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNiueNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalPuerto RicoRepublic of the CongoRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSan MarinoSaudi ArabiaSenegalSeychellesSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSomalilandSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaTimor-LesteUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States Virgin IslandsUruguayVatican CityVenezuelaZambia

1. 1 · Publisher

   UNICEF

   data.unicef.org

2. 2 · Their file

   Children with Functional Difficulties (surveys to 2024)

   .FD_FUNC_DIFFICULTY

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 10, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   1 file, one per edition

   It downloads as a CSV: child-disability-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/child-disability

Read from UNICEF's own data warehouse, using the Washington Group / UNICEF Child Functioning Module. Only 62 countries have run it.