Latest available · compiled 2024
Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2024; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation covers 62 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 35.2; North Korea is lowest, at 0.9. The middle country reads 13.0.
Children with Functional Difficulties · Latest available · compiled 2024
HighestAfghanistan
35.2
LowestNorth Korea
0.9Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 62 countries · select a heading to sort
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 35.2 | — | — |
 Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 31.4 | — | — |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 28.7 | — | — |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa · 2024 reading | 2024 | 27.3 | — | — |
 ComorosCOMEastern Africa · 2022 reading | 2022 | 25.3 | — | — |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa · 2017 reading | 2017 | 23.1 | — | — |
 SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2020 reading | 2020 | 22.6 | — | — |
 KiribatiKIRMicronesia · 2019 reading | 2019 | 22.5 | — | — |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia · 2018 reading | 2018 | 22.1 | — | — |
 TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2017 reading | 2017 | 21.2 | — | — |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 21.2 | — | — |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2018 reading | 2018 | 20.8 | — | — |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 20.7 | — | — |
 AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 20.5 | — | — |
 São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 20.3 | — | — |
 DR CongoCODMiddle Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 19.5 | — | — |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa · 2023 reading | 2023 | 19.3 | — | — |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2022 reading | 2022 | 18.4 | — | — |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America · 2020 reading | 2020 | 17.5 | — | — |
 Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 16.2 | — | — |
 MexicoMEXCentral America · 2021 reading | 2021 | 16.2 | — | — |
 HondurasHNDCentral America · 2019 reading | 2019 | 15.8 | — | — |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa · 2021 reading | 2021 | 15.5 | — | — |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia · 2020 reading | 2020 | 14.9 | — | — |
 MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 14.2 | — | — |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2022 reading | 2022 | 14.1 | — | — |
 MalawiMWIEastern Africa · 2020 reading | 2020 | 14.0 | — | — |
 BeninBENWestern Africa · 2022 reading | 2022 | 13.8 | — | — |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2020 reading | 2020 | 13.7 | — | — |
 SurinameSURSouth America · 2018 reading | 2018 | 13.6 | — | — |
 NepalNPLSouthern Asia · 2019 reading | 2019 | 13.2 | — | — |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2021 reading | 2021 | 12.8 | — | — |
 TuvaluTUVPolynesia · 2020 reading | 2020 | 12.8 | — | — |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa · 2022 reading | 2022 | 12.7 | — | — |
 CubaCUBCaribbean · 2019 reading | 2019 | 11.5 | — | — |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2019 reading | 2019 | 11.3 | — | — |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2019 reading | 2019 | 11.1 | — | — |
 Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean · 2022 reading | 2022 | 11.1 | — | — |
 VanuatuVUTMelanesia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 10.6 | — | — |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 10.2 | — | — |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 10.1 | — | — |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 10.1 | — | — |
 TongaTONPolynesia · 2019 reading | 2019 | 9.8 | — | — |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2018 reading | 2018 | 9.5 | — | — |
 FijiFJIMelanesia · 2021 reading | 2021 | 9.4 | — | — |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2020 reading | 2020 | 8.7 | — | — |
 BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2019 reading | 2019 | 8.3 | — | — |
 LesothoLSOSouthern Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 8.0 | — | — |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2018 reading | 2018 | 7.5 | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean · 2020 reading | 2020 | 7.4 | — | — |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 7.2 | — | — |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean · 2022 reading | 2022 | 6.9 | — | — |
 MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading | 2019 | 5.6 | — | — |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2019 reading | 2019 | 4.9 | — | — |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2019 reading | 2019 | 4.9 | — | — |
 QatarQATWestern Asia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 3.1 | — | — |
 LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 2.7 | — | — |
 NauruNRUMicronesia · 2023 reading | 2023 | 2.2 | — | — |
 TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia · 2024 reading | 2024 | 2.0 | — | — |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2021 reading | 2021 | 1.9 | — | — |
 ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2022 reading | 2022 | 1.1 | — | — |
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia · 2017 reading | 2017 | 0.9 | — | — |
02In Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- Afghanistan35.2
- Central African Republic31.4
- Chad28.7
- Angola27.3
- Comoros25.3
Lowest
- North Korea0.9
- Thailand1.1
- Vietnam1.9
- Turkmenistan2.0
- Nauru2.2
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2024, from 2017 to 2024.
56 distinct values among 62
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 21.2. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
124 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
04The files
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UNICEF’s own file, on its own site.
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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UNICEF (2024). Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/child-disability/2024
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06Questions
Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest children with functional difficulties in Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation?
Afghanistan, at 35.2, of the 62 countries in the file.
How many countries does Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation cover?
62.
Where can I download Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Children with Functional Difficulties, 2024 compilation the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-10, when it was read from the publisher.