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Table 1 ANCq mean and Slope Index of Inequality (absolute inequalities) of ANCq score for 63 LMICs, sorted by ANCq mean within UNICEF region. Source: DHS and MICS, 2010–2017

From: Inequalities in antenatal care coverage and quality: an analysis from 63 low and middle-income countries using the ANCq content-qualified coverage indicator

Country

Year

Source

Income group

ANCq mean

Slope Index of Inequality

West & Central Africa

 Chad

2014

DHS

Low

4.0

2.5

 Niger

2012

DHS

Low

4.8

2.9

 Congo DR

2013

DHS

Low

5.5

2.7

 Mali

2015

MICS

Low

5.9

2.8

 Togo

2013

DHS

Low

6.4

3.5

 Burkina Faso

2010

DHS

Low

6.6

1.8

 Guinea

2016

MICS

Low

7.0

2.9

 Côte d’Ivoire

2016

MICS

Lower-middle

7.2

1.6

 Benin

2014

MICS

Low

7.3

1.8

 Senegal

2017

DHS

Low

7.4

2.0

 Guinea Bissau

2014

MICS

Low

7.5

1.1

 Nigeria

2016

MICS

Lower-middle

7.5

2.2

 Mauritania

2015

MICS

Lower-middle

7.5

1.8

 Gambia

2013

DHS

Low

7.5

0.2

 Cameroon

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

7.7

1.6

 Congo

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

7.9

1.5

 Gabon

2012

DHS

Upper-middle

7.9

1.9

 Liberia

2013

DHS

Low

8.1

1.8

 Ghana

2014

DHS

Lower-middle

8.2

2.0

 São Tome & Principe

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

8.4

0.9

 Eastern & Southern Africa

 Ethiopia

2016

DHS

Low

4.2

3.7

 Kenya

2014

DHS

Lower-middle

5.2

1.5

 Burundi

2016

DHS

Low

5.8

0.9

 Angola

2015

DHS

Upper-middle

6.2

6.0

 Zambia

2013

DHS

Lower-middle

6.2

1.4

 Tanzania

2015

DHS

Low

6.4

2.2

 Malawi

2015

DHS

Low

6.4

0.6

 Uganda

2016

DHS

Low

6.5

1.1

 Rwanda

2014

DHS

Low

6.7

0.5

 Comoros

2012

DHS

Low

6.7

2.2

 Zimbabwe

2015

DHS

Low

6.9

1.1

 South Africa

2016

DHS

Upper-middle

7.3

0.5

 Lesotho

2014

DHS

Lower-middle

7.4

1.5

 Namibia

2013

DHS

Upper-middle

7.5

0.7

 Eswatini

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

7.9

0.6

Middle East & North Africa

 Yemen

2013

DHS

Lower-middle

4.0

4.7

 Egypt

2014

DHS

Lower-middle

6.5

2.3

 Sudan

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

7.2

2.2

 Jordan

2017

DHS

Upper-middle

8.4

0.6

South Asia

 Afghanistan

2015

DHS

Low

3.5

2.4

 Pakistan

2017

DHS

Lower-middle

6.5

5.5

 India

2015

DHS

Lower-middle

6.8

4.6

 Nepal

2016

DHS

Low

6.9

2.9

 Maldives

2016

DHS

Upper-middle

9.1

0.3

East Asia & the Pacific

 Myanmar

2015

DHS

Lower-middle

6.2

4.1

 Timor Leste

2016

DHS

Lower-middle

6.6

3.2

 Cambodia

2014

DHS

Low

7.3

2.0

 Indonesia

2012

DHS

Lower-middle

7.4

2.2

 Philippines

2017

DHS

Lower-middle

7.8

2.9

 Vietnam

2013

MICS

Lower-middle

7.8

2.8

 Thailand

2015

MICS

Upper-middle

8.9

0.4

Latin America & Caribbean

 Haiti

2016

DHS

Low

7.3

3.0

 Guatemala

2014

DHS

Lower-middle

7.6

2.4

 Honduras

2011

DHS

Lower-middle

8.0

1.8

 Guyana

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

8.0

1.6

 Colombia

2015

DHS

Upper-middle

8.5

1.5

 El Salvador

2014

MICS

Lower-middle

8.6

0.7

 Belize

2015

MICS

Upper-middle

8.7

1.0

 Mexico

2015

MICS

Upper-middle

8.7

0.7

 Peru

2016

DHS

Upper-middle

8.9

1.0

 Paraguay

2016

MICS

Upper-middle

9.1

1.2

 Dominican Rep

2014

MICS

Upper-middle

9.3

0.7

 Cubaa

2014

MICS

Upper-middle

9.3

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  1. aNo information available on household wealth