Area Database (v4.4.1)

GDL Area Profile Report

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Cuvette Ouest (Congo, Rep.)

This GDL Area Profile Report provides an overview of the major social and economic characteristics of the region or country. The figures are derived from the most recent national household survey available at the Global Data Lab. These and many other indicators can also be downloaded freely from the GDL Area Database. Further information on the indicators is available at the bottom of this report and at the GDL website.

Level of development Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
International Wealth Index (IWI) value1 20.9 0.92 2 / 12 ( 1 ) 2015
Poverty Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage poor households (IWI value under 70) 98.6 -0.20 8 / 12 ( 10 ) 2015
Percentage poorer households (IWI value under 50) 91.8 -1.21 10 / 12 ( 10 ) 2015
Percentage poorest households (IWI value under 35) 82.1 -2.03 11 / 12 ( 10 ) 2015
Education Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Mean years education population aged 20+ 6.19 0.00 6 / 12 ( 4 ) 2015
Mean years education of women aged 20+ 5.24 0.02 7 / 12 ( 4 ) 2015
Mean years education of men aged 20+ 7.38 -0.03 7 / 12 ( 5 ) 2015
Educational attendance Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Educational attendance children aged 6-8 (%) 97.8 0.38 3 / 12 ( 9 ) 2015
Educational attendance children aged 9-11 (%) 96.5 -0.40 1 / 12 ( 6 ) 2015
Educational attendance children aged 12-14 (%) 94.1 -0.32 4 / 12 ( 7 ) 2015
Educational attendance children aged 15-17 (%) 80.4 -1.48 6 / 12 ( 7 ) 2015
Educational attendance children aged 18-20 (%) 57.6 -2.06 9 / 12 ( 9 ) 2015
Educational attendance children aged 21-23 (%) 38.3 1.49 11 / 12 ( 10 ) 2015
Position of women Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Total fertility rate 6.05 0.20 6 / 12 ( 9 ) 2011
Mean age difference partners (husband-wife) 6.16 -0.02 4 / 12 ( 8 ) 2015
Mean age at first marriage of women aged 20-50 19.3 -0.12 8 / 12 ( 4 ) 2015
Mean age at first birth of women aged 20-50 18.7 0.03 7 / 12 ( 1 ) 2015
Percentage of women in 50+ population 60.4 -0.08 12 / 12 ( 10 ) 2015
Patrilocality Index (positive values patrilocal) -0.54 -0.10 1 / 12 ( 1 ) 2015
Position of children Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Infant mortality rate 60.5 -3.23 11 / 12 ( 9 ) 2015
Under five mortality rate 93.0 -2.63 11 / 12 ( 9 ) 2015
Percentage stunted children 30.5 0.63 9 / 12 ( 7 ) 2015
Percentage wasted children 4.80 -0.18 5 / 12 ( 6 ) 2015
Percentage underweight children 14.0 -0.40 7 / 11 ( 7 ) 2015
Percentage overweight children 2.60 0.00 4 / 12 ( 3 ) 2015
Asset ownership Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage households with a TV 20.0 2.16 4 / 12 ( 2 ) 2015
Percentage households with a refrigerator 7.50 1.15 5 / 12 ( 2 ) 2015
Percentage households with a motorbike 27.3 3.04 12 / 12 ( 8 ) 2015
Percentage households with a computer 1.21 - 7 / 12 ( 1 ) 2011
Access to public services Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage of households with electricity 20.4 3.73 4 / 12 ( 2 ) 2015
Percentage households with a phone 64.0 1.89 2 / 12 ( 3 ) 2015
Percentage households with internet access 6.01 - 4 / 12 ( 3 ) 2015
Population Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Total area population in millions 0.08 0.00 1 / 12 ( 1 ) 2015
Share of national population living in area 1.55 -0.03 1 / 12 ( 1 ) 2015
Average household size 4.07 - 6 / 12 ( 3 ) 2015
Percentage population in urban areas 0.00 0.00 1 / 11 ( 1 ) 2015
Demographic window phase 1 0 3 / 3 ( 11 ) 2015
Dependency ratio 108 -1.03 10 / 12 ( 9 ) 2015
Quality of housing Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage households with three or more sleeping rooms 30.1 -0.74 9 / 12 ( 6 ) 2015
Percentage households cooking on wood, straw, grass, dung etc. 88.2 0.06 5 / 12 ( 7 ) 2015

Meaning of the menu items: Value: Indicator value in GDL Area Database. Trend: Average yearly change in indicator value since preceding survey. National rank: Within-country rank on indicator (1 is highest value within country). Continent rank: Within continent rank on indicator (continents are America, Africa, Asia/Pacific and (Eastern) Europe). LMIC decile: Decile position on indicator among 1300+ regions within 125+ low and middle income countries.

The indicators presented in this GDL Profile Report are created by aggregating to the sub-national and national level from representative household surveys. Detailed information on the data and methods used is available here and in Smits (2016).

1 The International Wealth Index (IWI) is an asset-based index that measures the economic situation of households in LMICs on the basis of their ownership of assets, housing quality and access to public services. IWI runs from 0 to 100, with 0 meaning none of the assets and lowest quality housing and services and 100 all assets and highest quality housing and services (Smits & Steendijk, 2015).

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